Going to the Source

Truth, as it turns out here, is synonymous with fiction.

Link to June 7 TPM Election Central post, "Is Bogus Michelle Obama Rumor Based On A Work Of Fiction?"

Quote: Now Jim Geraghty of National Review has claimed that the rumor may be based on...fiction. A political thriller called The Power Broker, published in 2006 by Stephen Frey, features the presidential campaign of Dem candidate Jesse Wood, who's aspiring to be the country's first African-American president.

The story is likely to be discredited here, too.