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Michelle Obama leaves no doubt as to who wears the pantsuits in the Obama family. Unlike Hillary, who was adamantly defended by her spouse, Barack has been enthusiastically ridiculed and belittled by his.

From Mrs. Obama we learn of her hubby: He snores. He has bad breath. He is nerdy, strange, and pathetic. He can't "put the butter up when he makes toast." She speaks vaguely of her husband's strengths and very specifically about his flaws.

It's nice to know she has his back. Rather than standing by her man, Michelle prefers to stand behind him, the easier to push him around.

"I've spent my life trying to convince him not to be a politician," she said recently. "It's like teach, write, sing, dance. I don't care what you do. Just don't do this."

She does, however, have one job in mind for him.

"I don't know if Barack knows yet," she told an audience in Wisconsin. "We can announce it on the news tonight. He's going to be the First Lady."

Ouch.

MICHELLE IS JUST "joking," of course. But every joke or quip contains an element of truth, and what her stand-up comedy routines reveal is a compulsion to emasculate her husband, who delights in the abuse.

"He relishes the fact that I'm not impressed by him," she revealed. But what he lacks in machismo, he makes up for with masochism. "Thank you ma'am, may I have another?" seems to be a common refrain.

All this will raise questions down the road, if not sooner. If Barack can't stand up to Michelle, how is he going to keep Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from slapping him around?

Obama's whole shtick is, "I'm not like other guys." It's a favorite at nightclubs and senior proms, but in this case it's true. Obama isn't like other guys.

He is even more unique than he first let on. Not only does he transcend race, he transcends gender as well. Now it's up to the voters to determine if he's the right -- er -- person for the job.

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John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Law