Her Next Job: First Lady of New York

[gristy]

Wow!


IN THE SPOTLIGHT Silda Wall Spitzer married Eliot Spitzer in 1987.

Her Next Job: First Lady of New York

In January 2005, when she found herself pondering how best to come to terms with the job of political spouse, Silda Wall Spitzer sought the advice of a woman who was once best known for not fitting so comfortably into that role herself, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

The two of them convened in Senator Clinton’s Manhattan office and spoke, according to Ms. Wall Spitzer, “about how to maintain a private sphere for our family and how to be helpful in my husband’s campaign.”

“I figured, here’s a woman who also met her husband at law school, who had been a lawyer with a firm, whose husband was a state attorney general before he ran for governor,” she said of Senator Clinton. “There really aren’t that many role models for this.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/10/nyregion/10silda.html

[napi21]

1. I read the whole article. It was well worth the time!

I know he's a North Easterner, but this man isn't going to stop at the Governor's mansion. He will be Senator or Prez some day for sure!

[JNelson6563]

2. Wow!

She will certainly be an asset to Eliot no matter what path he ends up taking. He's mighty fortunate to have such a great partner to share the journey with.

Julie