Michelle Obama

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The Democratic National Convention will be called to order at 5:00 PM EST today, with a theme of "One Nation."  Featured speakers include Michelle Obama, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.), former President Jimmy Carter, and Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, who will introduce a tribute to her uncle, U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.). 

Michelle Obama (left, seated) and Congressman John Yarmuth (D-Louisville; right, seated): Politicker photo

As part of Michelle Obama's campaign swing through Louisville, she stopped at Kosair Children's Hospital to visit with patients and read to children in the facility's playroom.

In front of a wall of cameras representing local and national media, the wife of presidential candidate and Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.) held a reading session with a handful of children, who reclined on brightly colored bean bag chairs and interacted with Mrs. Obama throughout her 15 minute visit.

Mrs. Obama chose the Margaret Wise Brown children's classic The Runaway Bunny to read to the children, but her performance evidently demanded an encore, as the patients encouraged her to read further.

Michelle Obama, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate and Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), will visit Kentucky at some point next week, according to Obama's Kentucky campaign.

Michelle Obama was last in the state last May on behalf of her husband's campaign.

"We are thrilled Michelle will be coming back to the state to give Kentucky voters a chance to learn more about Senator Obama's long history of fighting for hard working Americans. Michelle and Barack Obama understand that people in Kentucky are working harder for less, and they know how important it is to send someone to the White House who can deliver on the real, lasting change we need in Washington," said the campaign's Kentucky director, Carolyn Tandy in a statement dispatched today.