mark shriver pushed his buck, a good man and there was -- his boo, a good man, and there was lieutenant governor anthony brown. peter franchot and ansler. i didn't see heather maisler, but i am sure she was there as well. if o'malley was auditioning for president, they're all auditioning for governor, because the governor is term- limited and they trying to line up as much support and be seen and be heard and cultivate as many maryland politicians as they can. >> of course, the headliner tonight, mark s michelle obama. she look mark, is marm a. she's going to do the same thing we saw ann romney do, correct? >> reporter: yes, she is. in some ways and i heard, david axlerod, the chief political advisor to president obama said maybe we should run michelle. she's a popular figure, and that is quite an evolution, you know. at first, she had some controversial provocative remarks about america and growing up as an african- american in mark that were considered provocative and maybe even people took poorly to them. but now she is really very popular figure and they feel show is a tremendous ca