I'm glad to hear it. Every word is scrutinized at this point, any appearance is an opportunity for disaster.

The replay in the east will be on in a few minutes

I'm not as breathless over her appearance as you, but it was good. I would've liked to see her slip some more substantive comments in there, have it be one of Colbert's more discussion-style interviews instead of punchline-guest response, punchline-guest response. That said, I think she was likely a little nervous -- speaking to huge crowds is one thing, but appearing in a focused format on (inter)national TV is another beast entirely.

I was somewhat surprised he didn't bring up her statement about being proud "for the first time", since that would be in line with his "character". I'm glad he didn't, but a little surprised. I guess either (a) he wanted to avoid the awkwardness, and/or (b) it was a precondition to her appearing on the show that it not be brought up.

Colbert is the man!

"Yes, she was more reserved than usual, but i could just see any spontaneous utterance being a HUGE HEADLINE splayed across the top of the HuffPost and Dowd's column. Out of context, of course, but that's the way it is now."

Yep.

Sad how HuffPo and Dowd have to be mentioned in the same sentence now.

I thought she did great, and the crowd liked her.

I hear Hillary is going on Colbert later this week:

True or rumor?

She seems a bit more serious and reserved than her husband but she is just about the sharpest and most quick-witted First Lady the White House will ever see (next to William J, if that is how it turns out)

Well, Colbert was on fire. He was hysterical. And he wasn't doing his character. Frankly I think he was too distracted.

I agree she was more serious and reserved than she had to be but given the environment I can understand why.

Here's an experiment in image management...

Put Michelle Obama and Mrs. McCain on stage together, and you might think you were watching a beauty contest.

Then throw Barack and Johnny up there with them, and you would probably be scratching your head for a moment, trying to go figure how that goffy little pasty-faced fellow managed to get on the same stage with the other three.

Being an old, fuzzy hippy myself, I'm not one for judging people by their appearance, and I am not trying to enable McFlounder's "anti-elite" pose, but in this case, you have to chuckle at who's the obvious the oddball in that group of lookers.

Yes I agree. Ms.Obama is classy and intelligent, what a nice change it will be to have her as the First Lady.

There's no doubt there will be some who will pick apart bits of this and skew it way out of context, I'm sure some already are; but I bet this will be seen by a larger audience than any other Colbert Report to date.

Michelle Obama is a brilliant woman. If you've heard her stump speech, then you know she's an excellent speaker -- maybe even be better than Barack.

With that said, it's most unfortunate and petty, that comments made by both Barack and Michelle have been distorted and twisted so throughly .

One time, John McCaveman said, "I will follow Osama bin Laden to the gates of hell".

If the press had treated McCaveman the same way as the Obamas, the questions based on that particular statement would have been:

"So, You're a follower of Osama Bin Laden?"

"So, You plan to go to hell?"

"So, are you saying hell has a gate, and not a door? How dare you!"

What a refreshing laugh first thing in the morning watching Mrs. Obama deadpan Mr. Colbert. Every opening she gave him, he fell right in to.

Went well with coffee!