Politics | 08/28/2008 9:30 am
Michelle Obama, Jill Biden Become Friends Fast

Michelle Obama and Jill Biden are going to be joined at the hip for the next several months, and it doesn’t look like they mind that much.
The wives of the Democratic nominees for president and vice president will be on the campaign trail with their husbands, Barack and Joe, and will likely be scrutinized on everything from their sense of style and the way they speak to their relationships with their high-profile husbands.
Michelle Obama told People magazine that she literally gave Barack snaps when he told her Biden was his choice.
"I’ve stayed out of this process … but when he told me his choice I said, ‘That’s the right choice.’ I was like, ‘Good!’" she said, snapping her fingers in approval.
That morning, Michelle Obama then called Jill Biden, a college English teacher, to welcome her to the campaign trail.
"I just wanted to tell her we’re excited and, also, anything you see that we need to be doing or should be doing, speak up – don’t hesitate, because we want to get this right," she told People.
Jill Biden says the most time she and Michelle Obama had ever spent together was at primary debates, when they exchanged brief "hellos." But now they enjoy every minute together.
"If you think those guys have chemistry, I think we have chemistry," Jill Biden said, referring to her husband and Barack Obama.























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