A Thoroughly Modern Blend of Other Political Wives

[stevedeshazer]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/08/politics/campaign/08wife.html

WASHINGTON, July 7 - America got a fresh glimpse of Elizabeth Edwards on Wednesday and witnessed a thoroughly modern political wife.

She appeared steady and solid in taupe pantsuit and sensible heels. When her husband, Senator John Edwards of North Carolina, made his debut as a vice-presidential candidate on national television, it was Mrs. Edwards who held together the family tableau, maintaining a firm grasp on the hand of their 6-year-old daughter, Emma Claire, to prevent her from twirling about and wrecking the photo opportunity.
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"That is the real Elizabeth," said Tricia Arnett, one of Mrs. Edwards's good friends. "Her most important job in the world is mother, and she's probably the most unpretentious person I know. I think you saw that coming through today."

But at 55, Mrs. Edwards is much more than the mother of John Edwards's children. Smart, blunt, hilariously funny, she is a professional woman in her own right and also her husband's most trusted political adviser - Nancy Reagan and Hillary Rodham Clinton rolled into one.



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[ProfessorPlum]

1. She looks like my neighbor down the street

I think she has a bit of an everywoman thing going on that will serve the Democrats well.

[flpoljunkie]

2. Nancy Reagan and Hillary Rodham Clinton rolled into one...

That's a helluva compliment, I'd say...and a well deserved one, at that!

[ProfessorPlum]

3. the conventional wisdom on both of them

is that they were/are control freaks. But they probably mean it in a good way in this case.

[stevedeshazer]

4. Funny.

I caught hell from other DUers for posting freeper comments about Elizabeth Edwards. 60+ posts (not all were negative.)

I post a very positive piece about her, and get three posts, two from the same poster.

Hmmm.