Wednesday 9/28/11

There weren't too many instant attention grabbers in today's paper for me, but I found a political article that was of interest. We are slowly but steadily getting closer to the presidential election and Republican candidates are full force. I expect to see more pieces like this in the coming weeks. The article about Governor Perry's wife and her influence on the campaign has a lot of facets to it. One one hand, I understand how voters,especially those of the other party, would not like to see any kind of conflict as to where a candidate gets his opinions and stance on an issue. Realistically though, Perry has a wife and has been in politics for some time, does anyone really think they wouldn't be somewhat of a team? Just because it isn't seen as prominently with other candidates (since the HPV controversy is so central right now) doesn't mean it isn't happening. As long as Anita Perry isn't the master mind for her puppet husband and just offering opinion as a spouse and partner, I see no problem. She is an advocate for a cause trying to make women safer.