she didn’t understand or care what sort of message it would send to a public enthralled by the new first family

Does this surprise most of us? FLOTUS wanted to stay in Chicago 

No.

But it's still appalling.

An insular and surly White House, president, and spouse.

...And Michelle's Private Hell provokes Gibbsy (couldn't happen to a nicer guy):

After the book incident, he “stopped taking her at all seriously as an adviser to the president,” Mr. Gibbs said, adding, “Her viewpoint in advising the president is that she has to be up and the rest of the White House has to be down.”

That's the message from these two.

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