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Garance has a great piece at the Washington Post blog, The Trail, but it is the video that betrays Maria Shriver’s incredible popularity with the crowd. Her standing in the state of California is that of an independent, ambitious career woman; a mother of four and wife of a film star who famously went on to become a moderate Republican Governor. Despite being married to Arnold Schwarznegger, she did not sublimate her independent opinions or her passion. (Her husband has just endorsed John McCain.) Her endorsement, and the enthusiastic appearance on stage with Oprah, Caroline Kennedy and Michelle Obama at the UCLA rally, proves that Obama does not only attract second-tier political hacks who are looking for some advantage in an Obama administration; he continues to attract women who are widely admired for their independence. Chicago-born, 52 year old Maria Shriver, was channelling Eleanor Roosevelt, as we were sitting down to watch the Superbowl on the east coast. This, for me, is the story of the weekend.

In a surprise move, California first lady Maria Shriver offered her support to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) at a Los Angeles rally today. Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama and Caroline Kennedy, Shriver’s cousin, had been set to speak at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Shriver joined them onstage. “There is no place I wanted to be but here today,” Shriver, a close personal friend of Winfrey’s, said before comparing Obama’s character to that of her state itself. “This election is about a moment. This is a moment not just for the United States of America, not just for the Democratic Party, but this is a moment for California. The more I thought about it, I thought, if Barack Obama was a state, he’d be California. Think about it: diverse, open, smart, independent, bucks tradition, innovative, inspiring, dreamer, leader.

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Source: maria shriver – Shocker: Maria Shriver Endorses Obama

                        

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