Michelle Obama, Harvard educated wife of presidential hopeful Barack Obama, covers Ebony magazine’s September issue on stands this month.

Inside, Michelle talks about her hectic life as wife, mother and the grease that oils the Obama campaign machine. Let’s face it, Barack is not the sharpest knife in the drawer. I doubt he would get as far as he got without Michelle’s guidance.

Which begs the question: why didn’t she run for president?

PLUS, in an EXCLUSIVE interview, Michelle’s mother, Marian Robinson, reflects on her daughter’s childhood and transition to being one step away from changing her address from Chicago to Washington, D.C.