Politics: Confessions of a Romney Wife

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Politics Confessions of a Romney Wife Yes, my husband works for Mitt's campaign. But I still have my own opinions. By Campbell Brown Posted Monday, Aug 20, 2012, at 07:45 AM ET I never thought I was harboring a dark secret. But if you live in the overlapping world of politics and media, as I am learning, anything less than full transparency can potentially do you in. There are quite a number of us who inhabit this world of mixed marriages and familial ties (mazel tov to the ABC News campaign reporter who just married an aide to President Obama), and we have all struggled at different moments with the question of how much to disclose about our personal ties. I'm having a moment. My husband, Dan Senor, is an adviser to Republican presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney (He also worked for Romney in 2008, but since Romney never made it out of the gate, no one cared.) I do not have any involvement in this campaign. After a 15-year career in television news, sometimes spent biting my tongue in the name of objectivity and balance, I retired to raise our two small children. I am now basically a very opinionated mom, enjoying the freedom of being able to fully speak my mind. I have been fortunate that publications like the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal have allowed me to share some of my opinions with a wider audience. And since I am writing against the backdrop of this campaign, I have tried (and mostly failed) at getting the disclosure part right. First, since I am writing opinion and am no longer an objective reporter, different rules apply ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Todd Akin's "Legitimate Rape" Comment Was Not a Misstatement. It Was a Worldview. Where We're Going, We Need Roads Where's Mitt?	Advertisement
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