First Lady: Obama knows what it's like to struggle - 13 WTHR Indianapolis

First lady Michelle Obama says her husband has never forgotten how he started and knows what it's like for struggling families.

The first lady' speech Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention is focusing more on biography than on policy differences that President Barack Obama has with Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

With the economy recovering so slowly, Mrs. Obama is seeking to make the case that actions her husband took as president reflect his desire to help others live the American dream. She cites payroll tax cuts and efforts to prop up the auto industry as examples of his looking out for working families.

Mrs. Obama says that, at the end of the day, her most important title is mom in chief.

Castro says GOP pushing trickle-down economic plan

The Democratic National Convention's keynote speaker says middle-class families paid the price for failed economic policies that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is proposing anew.

San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro says Republicans believe that if the most prosperous Americans do even better, than everyone else will, too. But Castro says that "trickle-down" theory of economics has been tried before and doesn't work.

According to excerpts from the speech Castro is delivering Tuesday night, he credits President Barack Obama with pulling the country back from the brink of a depression nearly four years ago and creating 4.5 million new jobs.

The 37-year-old Castro is a rising star in the Democratic Party. He is the first Latino to deliver the keynote address at a Democratic National Convention.

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