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What a dilemma … when a person is elected, what do we expect them to do about the involvement / influence of their spouse?
Franklin and Eleanor
John and Jackie
Lyndon and Lady Bird
Ronald and Nancy
Bill and Hillary
Where is the line to be drawn? And how do we do that? Any person reflects a composite of attributes/ideas/beliefs of family and friends. Having a spouse that you can trust and rely on for ideas and feedback is beautiful. And of course there is the history of the “Kitchen Cabinet.”
This is not to endorse the level of non-transparent involvement this article points out … but rather to open the discussion of “what DO we expect?” Maybe the vetting process for candidates needs to include the spouse’s past and viewpoints.
