Thursday, May 19, 2011

Jonathan Chait makes a point...

...about Mitch Daniels that's been on my mind ever since the news broke about the Indiana governor's marriage (my emphasis):

A former colleague of mine recently speculated that Mitch Daniels' marriage would become a problem for him in the Republican primary --  not because he was divorced, but because his wife humiliated him and he forgave her.

And I think there's something to this. Republicans love "manly" men; they don't like wimps. Remember the Gipper? No woman would ever walk out on him. (Except, maybe, his first wife, Jane Wyman.)

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