First Lady Michelle Obama. Photo: wiki commons.

LA Times – Following her appearance Tuesday night on “The Daily Show,” a new Gallup poll shows First Lady Michelle Obamaremains more popular than her husband by a sizable margin.

The first lady, as part of a media blitz to promote her new book “American Grown: The Story of the White HouseKitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,” addressed not only fruits and vegetables Tuesday, but also remarked on excerpts released from an upcoming biography of the president that detail his history with drugs. Without directly mentioning the antics of Obama and his so-called choom gangcovered in David Maraniss’ upcoming “Barack Obama: The Story,” Michelle Obama offered some perspective on how her husband went from “intercepting” marijuana to sitting in the White House.

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