This Katha Pollitt piece

Read it and you can appreciate why I find Judy Steinberg Dean a refreshing alternative to the usual potential first lady. Refreshing is the word, too. She talks, dresses, and behaves like a classy regular American (just one who happened to finish med school and went on to run the medical practice she and her husband built alone once he entered politics).

She makes me like Howard even more as a candidate. She's also willing to give up a heck of a lot for us if her husband gets the Democratic nod and then wins the WH.

Imagine a First Lady who isn't just baggage.

Oh yes, we've been fortunate enough to have them before. But all these years after her death, they're still telling wild and perhaps untrue stories about Eleanor Roosevelt. Betty Ford and Rosalyn Carter both brought a great deal to the American experience, although they were forced into a quieter role. Hillary Clinton seemed to threaten people. Too bad.

Judy is awesome, and I suspect that's why she's drawn so much fire. Some people want to carve some huge wedge out between the American people and this intelligent, nice lady before they can warm to her. What nonsense!