A question, did the Democrats Attack Barbara or Laura Bush Like this? I’m seriously trying to remember, because it seems like the right goes after Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama with a vitriol that you never saw directed at the Republican first ladies.

“There’s so much anger in the criticism surrounding Michelle Obama,” said Myra Gutin, a Rider University professor and author of a biography of Barbara Bush and a book on 20th century first ladies. “It seems almost personal to me.”

And while politico spends half the time giving republicans every opportunity to try to justify going after Michelle, at least they’ve touched on a point that doesn’t seem to get enough traction. Why do they spend so much energy, anger, and bitterness at the Democrat’s First Ladies?