Political Play of the Day: Obama's daughter turns 10 in Montana, says best birthday ever

More from Politically Connected ST. LOUIS - Malia Obama told her parents that spending her 10th birthday helping her father campaign for the presidency far from home and "rocking out" with her family after takeout in a modest hotel room was the best she has ever had. "I don't know whether she was just telling us what we wanted to hear. But from my perspective it was one of the best times I've had in a long time," Barack Obama, his voice choking up just a tad, told reporters traveling with him Saturday from Montana, site of the birthday festivities over two days, to St. Louis. The Obama clan — the Democratic presidential nominee, his wife, Michelle, their daughters, Malia and Sasha, and his sister and her family — transplanted to Butte, Mont., for Friday's Fourth of July holiday, which also was Malia's birthday. It was a full,... [read full story]