If Democrat Barack Obama is elected president, his wife would be the first African-American first lady. At 44, she would also be one of the youngest since Jackie Kennedy.
Some conservatives see her as a weak link in Obama"s armor. They have attacked the Illinois senator through his Princeton- and Harvard Law-educated wife, painting her as an angry black woman.
A spokeswoman denied there was any makeover attempt, but appearing on ABC"s "The View" on Wednesday, Obama said she thinks people will accept her more as they grow to know her and her family more.