Andy, I’ve never quite understood what’s so unaccountable about First Ladies. If you don’t want them wielding power, you can vote against their husbands. I can certainly see that it would be harder for a president to remove a First Lady from power (presumably by taking her off policy projects) than to remove, say, an attorney general. But voters are able to judge presidents for how they handle the situation, just as they are able to judge them for how they handle other personnel matters. But maybe there’s something I’m missing.
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Ramesh Ponnuru is the editor of National Review, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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