why did she spend yesterday campaigning in two states? 

They need the $

"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg

Sounds like Barrys campaign is trying to establish that Michelle is a better mother than Sarah. Kinda flies in the face of what N.O.W. has been trying to get across for years.

She probably didn't feel comfortable at the site of the 9/11 terror attacks. I am sure people can understand that and all. She has problems with what her country did, ya know.

If Michelle Obama was there with their kids, people here would be complaining about her taking the kids out of school.

"We can either settle for the world as it is, or we can fight and struggle for the world as it should be" 

Spoken like a true disciple of the radical socialist: Saul Alinsky.

Alinsky's book, Rules for Radicals, starts off: "What
follows is for those who want to change the world from what it is to
what they believe it should be. 

Just a thought: Could the McCain campaign be brilliantly turning these "rules for radicals" against Obama? How sweet would that be?

The DNC would not allow her to attend. Her speech began: My fellow Americans, I am ashamed to be here-

I had mixed feelings about the wives.  When I saw Cindy McCain was there, I thought maybe Obama's wife should be there.  But no one else brought their wives, so I thought it actually looked worse for McCain as it appeared he was being chaperoned.

What really struck me was how rude McCain was to his wife.  He didn't introduce her to people, he ran off and left her at the crowd line, and didn't act like a very considerate husband.  If I treated my wife like that, she'd smack the snot out of me.

Michelle, ma belle didn't attend ceremonies at Ground Zero on 9/11 because it would have been too much of an embarrassment to have somebody whining about going into a construction site where poor terrorists died.  Barry wouldn't have been there either but was told he had to go.  She obviously wasn't proud of anything to do with "her country" for 9/11.

Lies and more lies will sink this campaign.  M.O.'s absence had little or nothing to do with the kids but that is what they want you to think to perpetuate the "June Cleaver" motherhood role she is trying to portray.  I welcome M.O. on the campaign trail.  She can stick her size 12 foot in her mouth just as easily as Barry ("I wasn't referring to Sarah Palin when I said you can put lipstick on a pig") to plagiarist Joey ("...Hillary would have made a better running mate than me.") and still be proud of her country for the first time.

being hidden because they are afraid she'll make another "I've not been proud of America until now " comment or someone will ask her a comment that leads in that direction. She'll be brought out again soon to counter Sarah Palin..

ABC's Jake Tapper has a new and improved explanation from the Obama camp (Update 2).  It concludes:

An Obama spox says: “Both Senator Obama and Mrs. Obama are strongly committed to honoring the memory of those that perished on that tragic day.   That’s why Senator Obama put politics aside and reached out to Senator McCain to join him at ground zero yesterday.   While honoring the remembrance of 9-11, and like many families across the country, Mrs. Obama felt it was also important to be with her two young children.”