'What Michelle Obama did at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night has forever changed the way that former first ladies will use their tremendous influence during campaigns,' Kate Andersen Brower writes for CNNOpinion.
Kate Andersen Brower is a CNN contributor and the author of the forthcoming book"Team of Five: The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump,""First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies,""First in Line: Presidents, Vice Presidents and the Pursuit of Power," and"The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House." The opinions expressed here are hers. View more opinion articles on CNN.
What Michelle Obama did at the Democratic National Convention Monday night has forever changed the way that former first ladies will use their tremendous influence during campaigns. Kate BrowerNo other one, including Hillary Clinton, has spoken so passionately about unseating an incumbent. What Obama delivered was not just a speech, it was a desperate plea."If we have any hope of ending this chaos, we have got to vote for Joe Biden like our lives depend on it," she said "He cannot meet this moment," she said, speaking of President Donald Trump.
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