[Calpernia]

I think the headline is focusing on these lines:

>>>The problem is that she is regarded as keener on victory than he is.<<<

>>>but there is a widespread feeling that she got her husband into this business. I don’t think he really wants the job. He seems to be treating it as a part-time effort, a nice way to pass the time of day.”<<<

>>>It is Jeri, as much as Fred, who has been winning them over.<<<<

>>>Before marrying Thompson, Jeri worked for the Republican National Committee in Washington, gaining an impressive contacts book and knowledge of the hot-button conservative issues. <<<<

Just a guess.

[upsdriver]

Good guess!! Those stuck out to me, too. Maybe Fred would make a good president. He can pose for pictures and make folksy comments and Jeri can run the country behind the scenes.

[Calpernia]

>>>Before marrying Thompson, Jeri worked for the Republican National Committee in Washington, gaining an impressive contacts book and knowledge of the hot-button conservative issues. <<<<

Huh. Jeri was in RNC during Jim Nicholson. Interesting.

I remember Nicholson.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01E3D71230F933A15752C0A96F958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print

January 20, 1999
G.O.P. Urged to Quit Group Called Racist

The chairman of the Republican National Committee called on his fellow party members today to resign from the Council of Conservative Citizens, saying ‘’it appears that this group does hold racist views.’’

‘’A member of the party of Lincoln should not belong to such an organization,’’ said the chairman, Jim Nicholson.

He appealed directly to Buddy Witherspoon, one of the party’s national committee members from South Carolina, to resign from the council. Mr. Witherspoon told Mr. Nicholson that he would not.

Mr. Witherspoon insisted that the council’s South Carolina chapter held no racist views, but was simply an advocate for conservative causes, especially the right to display the Confederate flag in the South.

The council, based in St. Louis, has become a national embarrassment for the committee in recent weeks amid reports that two Republicans, Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi, the majority leader, and Representative Bob Barr of Georgia, spoke at its meetings. Both have distanced themselves from the group.

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NOTE again, Party of Lincoln:

>>>But as long as candidates such as former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, now campaigning for Congress in Louisiana, feel at home in the GOP, the “party of Lincoln” is going to be viewed with suspicion by minorities. <<<

http://www.lcrga.com/archive/99021401.shtml
Log Cabin Republicans, Inc.

Excerpt:

RNC Chairman Jim Nicholson insisted there is “a cause for optimism” about GOP relations with minorities. He said their “shared legacy,” dating back to the party’s founding on an anti-slavery platform in 1854, is “a foundation on which to build” better relations.

In addition, the party’s next presidential nominee could help it overcome the legacy of Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” with a more moderate message such as “compassionate conservatism,” a favorite term of Gov. George W. Bush of Texas.

But as long as candidates such as former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, now campaigning for Congress in Louisiana, feel at home in the GOP, the “ party of Lincoln” is going to be viewed with suspicion by minorities.

[TN4Liberty]

Just a guess.

Not a very good one. At most one of those says anything negative about Fred, and it isn't sourced. Just the same old "unnamed former aids" stuff that you thrive on.

[MaggieM]

I cant imagine this wont put additional stress on their relationship, more so than what normally comes with running for office. She sounds like a pushy woman, not a strong woman. Just my opinion :)