Saturday, July 28, 2007

Running "Mates": How Influential are Political Spouses?

Go here to watch FOX NEWS' Top Video for today.

A columnist who regularly follows candidates and their spouses weighs in. He and the news anchor begin discussing Jeri Thompson, move on to Michelle Obama, and finish with Elizabeth Edwards.

Some quotes (about Jeri Thompson):
The news this week is that his young wife was able to push out one of the most senior members of his campaign.

The Thompson campaign is in a little bit of trouble for this reason: it has spent a lot of time not being a campaign, but working up to a campaign, introducing itself. It is now all about biography. And if the narrative becomes the campaign in which the spouse-- talented, capable, energetic--is running things, he’s going to have trouble….

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