Courtney Martin on America’s power couple:
The Clintons have long been America’s Rorschach test for married life and all its complications — infidelity, money, power-sharing, partnership, support, and yes, blow jobs. In the latest chapter of their very public love story, Hillary’s political career, Bill has been asked to do something potentially even more difficult than keeping his pants on: zip his lip. Sometimes he’s failed miserably. More often than not, he’s done a decent — albeit not great — performance as the adoring husband. In fact, the image of his teary, red-faced standing ovation for her at the Democratic National Convention struck me as refreshingly authentic.
Hillary is six months into her position as secretary of state — traveling to Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Central America, Canada, Mexico, India, and now Africa, where she announced a bold new plan to stop the epidemic of rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo. There’s no legitimate question about her preparedness for the job; her effectiveness, of course, will only be determined in hindsight.
