Meghan Cox Gurdon: Calm is out of style on the hustings - Examiner.com

Meghan Cox Gurdon: Calm is out of style on the hustings - Examiner.com

"A little over 16 years ago, in the week before my wedding, I began to notice a certain gloom settling over my husband-to-be. It was disconcerting. Wasn't this supposed to be the giddiest time of our lives? If he couldn't be enthusiastic now, on the very threshold of married life, did he really want to cross it?

"My fiance sought to explain. He wanted the outcome, but hated the process. He wanted us to be married, not to get married.

"In political terms, he was an excellent candidate ideally suited to the office, who dreaded the public rigmarole required to secure the job -- and it showed. Had I been an Iowa Republican, rather than a bride, I might well have caucused with someone a bit more fervent -- and for me it would have been a mistake."