President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, left, and Vice President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, wave to the crowd after Obama’s acceptance speech at his election night party at Grant Park in Chicago, Tuesday night, Nov. 4, 2008. Michelle Obama wore a black-and-red Narciso Rodriguez dress, a straight-from-the spring-runway style that she paired with a black cardigan.

Democrat Barack Obama (R), with wife Michelle, waves to the audience as Republican John McCain (C-L), flanked by wife Cindy, gives the thumbs-up at Hofstra University at the end of their third and final presidential debate on October 15, 2008 in Hempstead, New York.

Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) (L) and his wife Michelle Obama laugh at the end of the Town Hall Presidential Debate at Belmont University’s Curb Event Center October 7, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and his wife Michelle walk off of the stage after the first of three presidential debates before the 2008 election September 26, 2008 in the Gertrude Castellow Ford Center at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. Both candidates arrived in Oxford after taking part in negotiations the previous day in Washington, D.C. to solve the current financial crisis.

Democratic presidential nominee, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia, 10, second from right, and Sasha, 7, take the stage after his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and his wife Michelle react to the crowd in Raleigh, N.C., after winning the North Carolina Democratic presidential primary Tuesday, May 6, 2008.

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