I don't care what Romney or Gingrich do to their wives....
Why should I?
These women knew what they were marrying.
Mrs. Romney knew she was signing up for a whacky cult where women are second class citizens.
Mrs. Gingrich - at least #2 and #3, knew they were getting a guy who had no problem getting a divorce if he wasn't feeling the love anymore. #1 I can feel a little more sympathy for, but it was 30 years ago....
I'm not electing a husband. I'm electing a guy who is going to take the fight to Obama (hopefully) and not be so noxious I might be forced to vote for a third party (which will be the case if Romney is the nominee.)
What would be really, really cool. If we let unmarried guys be president or such, without requiring them to have this accessory. Or maybe we can just start building Stepford Wives (and Stepford Husbands) for our candidates so we don't have to pretend that they have perfect families when most of us don't.
When Francois Mitterand died, there was his wife in one pew and his mistress in the other, and the French people shrugged and said, "A man has his needs!" And when I'm using the French as a good example, you know something is whack.