A Match Made in the SouthSide

A new book, "Barack and Michelle: A Portrait of an American Marriage" by Christopher Anderson, sheds light on the Obama campaign and on the dynamics of the president's relationship with the first lady Michelle Obama

“I talked to people who knew them throughout their lives, in Chicago, Hawaii, even in Kenya,” Anderson revealed. “I was able to locate the doctor there who delivered our president into this world. He had some marvelous stories to tell!”

According to the author, it was apparently Michelle who convinced her husband to adopt the campaign slogan "Yes We Can."

“He (the president) wanted to go with “Who U Wit?” but Michelle thought that would be too hard for white America to understand.

And it was Michelle who vetoed Hillary Clinton as vice-presidential candidate. She reportedly told her husband, quote: "Hillary down the hall from you in the White House is bad enough. But Bill Clinton? Oh Hell No! I shouldn’t have to lock my bedroom door in the dam White House!"

Barack has said over and over again “when I make an important decision, she is the person I go to,” Anderson writes. “She is my chief counselor, my chief adviser. She tells me what to say. I call her my chocolate teleprompter”