America's future first spouse

Here are two interesting articles on the candidates' spouses. Maureen Dowd has been anti-Hillary from the start, but she makes a good point.

NY Times Op-Ed Columnist
A Flawed Feminist Test
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: February 13, 2008
As a possible first Madame President, Hillary Clinton is a flawed science experiment because you can’t take Bill Clinton out of the equation.

BBC News

The new breed of candidate's spouse

By Kathryn Westcott BBC News

As Americans choose their candidates for the 2008 presidential race, never before have so many spouses battled it out so publicly.

Mrs Obama has been articulate and passionate

The 2008 campaign has seen the role of the political spouse reshaped, with potential first ladies - and one possible first gentleman - more than ever acting as independent surrogates for their partners.