Describing the “contagious power of hope,” Michelle Obama made a call for values of “work and scrape and sacrifice” to be honored in the politics of the country.
“To be honest, I’m realizing that until recently, I have mourned the dimming of that hope. Maybe you’ve experienced the same feelings, a deep pit in my stomach, a palpable sense of dread about the future,” Obama said at the Democratic national convention in Chicago.