Democratic Nominee Barack’s Family Keeps Him Grounded

In spite of his skyrocketing momentum in the Democratic nomination race, Barack Obama has three women at home who make him check his ego at the door and focus on what really matters.

"If I ever get puffed up, she punctures me, knocks me down a peg," he says of his wife, Michelle. "[She] asks me about stuff I was supposed to do around the house that hasn't gotten done. And my girls do that. Because whether I've had a good day or a bad day, if I'm talking to them and they tell me something exciting about a field trip they took or a play they're in, it reminds me of what's important."

Barack says that his 9-year-old, Malia, is a chatterbox while 6-year-old Sasha is a comedian. "They're better than TV," he says of his girls. "You just sit there and they can just amuse you all day long. And they're still at that age where they actually think you know what you're talking about. I'm sure that will fade very soon!"