Posted on 09/02/2002 4:36:36 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:56:53 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
First lady Laura Bush's spousal role, described since September 11 as critical to the well-being of the nation, is cause for a new chapter in Kati Marton's re-released national best seller, "Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our History."
Which isn't to say that Mrs. Bush's required consoling elevates her to "presidential adviser," an unofficial but powerful role assumed by her predecessor, now-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, whom critics equated to a "co-president."
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