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Michelle Obama

Calvin Trillin

November 3, 2016

First lady Michelle Obama arrives to address the crowd at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on the first day of the Democratic National Convention.(AP Photo / Tom Williams)

She’s been the star of this campaign— Her style a hit, her speeches stunning. And voters murmur to themselves, “A pity that she isn’t running.”

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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