The website www.politicsnh.com has opened a contest to find a first lady for twice-divorced candidate Dennis Kucinich. So far, 80 women have applied, and Kucinich has agreed to a date with the winner of the online voting.
Click here for candidate photos and bios.
Click here to cast your vote.
Interestingly enough, no one is offering to set up Carol Moseley-Braun, the other currently-unmarried candidate in the field, and the one who has a much greater chance of needing a First Gentleman. Of course, she has not been flouting her candidacy as a way to meet dates the way Kucinich has. Come to think of it, this was an episode of News Radio.
By the way, we have had eight previous presidents spend all or part of their terms unmarried (three remarried in office). In the absence of a First Lady, the president names a female relative to act as White House Hostess, fulfilling the social duties of the First Lady. Five married presidents have also named White House Hostesses when their wives were too ill to attend to the social duties like hosting state dinners or welcoming official guests.
Most recently, Woodrow Wilson used a hostess for a brief period in 1914-15 between when his wife died and he remarried.
So even if the polls showed Kucinich had the slightest chance of actually becoming president, there is no need for this circus to get him hitched before Election Day.
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