Michelle Obama: A Softer View?

So, plenty being written these days about Michelle Obama. Will she be a help or a hindrance to her husband’s campaign? Is she too outspoken? Does she need to soften her image? Case in point from yesterday’s NYT story,

She says she intends to evoke a John F. Kennedy-like idealism and highlight her own journey, but in her commanding cadences, some people — and not just conservatives — hear a lecture. To appeal to voters who may be put off or not know of her biography, the campaign hopes to display Mrs.