Michelle to stake out Obama's claim to presidency

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DENVER, Colorado (AFP) — Michelle Obama takes center stage at the Democratic convention Monday to proudly proclaim to the world why she believes her husband should be elected president of the United States.

Before some 4,400 delegates gathered here and millions more glued to their televisions at home, she is expected to deliver a passionate speech in support of Barack Obama's historic bid for the White House.

Her opening night keynote address will raise the curtain on a carefully choreographed four-day jamboree seeking to give Obama a nuclear-fueled push into the final stretch of the 2008 presidential campaign.

Barack Obama, 47, and his wife, 44, are on a quest to be the first African-American couple to win the White House.

But despite the long,...