Michelle insists desired role is mom-in-chief

MICHELLE OBAMA will bring the skills of a corporate lawyer to the White House if her husband wins the US presidency, but she says her priority will be her role as “mom-in-chief” to the couple’s daughters.

Democrat Barack Obama faces Republican John McCain in tomorrow’s election. If the first-term Illinois senator wins, he will become the first black US president and his wife the first black first lady.

Michelle Obama, 44, is a passionate advocate for her husband’s candidacy, but she says she would not want a direct policy role in an Obama administration.