Michelle Obama vs. Cindy McCain: AOL poll.

Caren Bohan wrote a long comparison piece for Reuters, and that link goes to an AOL version with a poll for smurfing.

McCain posed in size zero jeans for the latest issue of Vogue. Obama, who has also appeared in the fashion magazine, was praised by style writers for the violet sheath dress she wore to her husband's Democratic nomination victory rally and has been compared to former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy.

But the aspiring first ladies have plenty of differences.

That is a very entertaining page, and I mostly just wanted to get our freep on in the poll.  The two women will be scrutinized and celebrated pretty intensely now, and we need to get used to it.  I don't necessarily like the "favorable or unfavorable" opinion choices on the poll, but that would be a very difficult tightrope to walk.

The blond, blue-eyed McCain is a former rodeo queen and cheerleader who holds a master's degree in special education from the University of Southern California. She grew up in a wealthy family in Phoenix and is heiress to Hensley & Co, one of the largest U.S. distributors for brewing giant Anheuser-Busch.

Last month, she released a tax return showing she made about $6 million in 2006.

That's one side, and I don't want to get negative when it comes to the potential first ladies.  I do, however, want to note the irony that bubbled up today when John McCain stumbled in his speech and forcefully announced "I will VETO any beer."

"If you look at Michelle Obama, it appears that throughout their married life, she and her husband have been very much equals," Jillson said. Her image as an equal partner was on display with the celebratory fist-bump the Obamas shared on the night he clinched the nomination last week.

Obama met her husband through her work as a corporate lawyer and is his closest adviser, although associates have described her role as less of a policy-oriented one than that of a confidante who provides a reality check.

She has acquired an image as a tough-minded task-master.

Michelle Obama is a pillar of strength.  She is not afraid to show a kind of love that we rarely see from such a public political figure.

They are two beautiful women, who bring some added aesthetic appeal to this campaign for sure.

Good times.