Conor Friedersdorf wants to shelter Herman Cain's wife from the press:
When a politician is accused of sexual impropriety, whether or not his wife stands by him tells us nothing about the truth of the allegations — see Bill and Hillary Clinton — or their relevance, or how objectionable the politician's actions were if the allegations prove true, or whether voters should forgive him. Nor is there reason to believe that what a wife says publicly in that situation is what she really believes. But there is every reason to believe that scrutiny of spouses increases the cost of presidential runs to people who actually care about their spouses.
Agreed. My impulse on this is European. But at some point, her existence matters and, from all accounts, would help humanize Cain. I suspect we'll see more of her in the near future.
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