Michelle Obama not the only Michelle in politics
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- January
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At the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama later this month, when someone calls out for “Michelle’’ around New York visitors to the event, there could be confusion.
That’s because not only is that the name of the country’s new First Lady, but also of New York’s first Lady and the wife of new Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith, D-Queens.
Smith, who was sworn in this week as the first Democratic leader of the state Senate in 43 years, teared up during the ceremony when he introduced his Michelle, who was seated a few feet away, describing how hard life can be for the spouse of a politician, who is home less than most people.
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
