Running mates: Married to the candidates

Here's an extensive story in this morning's Washington Post about the role of spouses of today's presidential candidates. Said Ann Romney about what separates her husband from the rest of the field: "He's had only one wife." A recent Newsweek survey reported that 57% of respondents said that a candidate's relationship with his or her spouse is revealing about what kind of president that person would be, and nearly 25% in a May Fox News poll said their opinions of candidate spouses would be extremely or very important to their vote.

Best quote comes from Mamie Eisenhower: "Ike runs the country, and I turn the pork chops."