The Firsts

Rudy Giuliani recently stated in an interview that if he were elected president, his wife Judith would be welcome to sit in on any Cabinet meetings she would want to. One of Hillary Clinton's biggest strengths at this point in her campaign is her marriage to Bill. OK, so one of Hillary Clinton's ONLY strengths at this point in her campaign is that she is married to Bill. Either way, these are the two front runners in the presidential campaign, and both of them are already making concessions to the public about the involvement of their spouses. True, Giuliani's comments could merely be an attempt to convince the public that Mrs. Giuliani 3.0 does exist, but he is already talking about her taking an active role in the health department. Why? Because her being a nurse obviously qualifies her to do so. Either way the election goes, I think we will be seeing a lot more of the First Lady/dude in the next presidential term. Politicians are trying to court the public on their family values on both the left and the right sides of the ticket, and the only way to do that is to convince the public that they do, in fact, HAVE families. I can see a definite trickle down coming from that. I just hope I will be able to control my gag reflex when I hear, "I'd just like to take this opportunity to thank my wife/husband/thing" for the fortieth time in one night.