will we see Carville and Matalin advising separate campaigns this cycle?

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are they still nestled in those nooks and crannies of power?

[jberryhill]

1. Do you tell your spouse what they can do for work?

Is your problem with them that they are campaign advisors or that they are married?

[reddread]

2. is your mother purple?

how about sticking to the question instead of jumping to imaginary defense?

[jberryhill]

3. Okay, well...

Let me think on your question.

Mary Matalin is a campaign consultant. It is an election year. There is a good probability that she will be engaged by one or more campaigns to consult.

James Carville is a campaign consultant. It is an election year. There is a good probability that he will be engaged by one or more campaigns to consult.

The probability of them both being hired by one campaign is pretty low. My guess is that campaigns decide to hire a consultant based on their perception of whether that consultant would be likely to be able to help them. I doubt many campaigns go looking for a married couple to hire.

So, I'm puzzled by your question, really. Is it unusual for a married couple to have their own jobs for which they were hired on their own terms? Because I can't think of too many situations in which married couples go after the same job.

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7. so, "yes"? n/t

[jberryhill]

8. If I were either of them, I'd be eyeing retirement

I think we are more likely to see them taking talking head gigs on the news networks instead of doing any actual work. Neither of them strikes me as being a particularly motivated worker at this point, and I'm sure they are high maintenance.

But, if they do take engagements, it will definitely be for different campaigns, sure. Can you imagine hiring the both of them to do anything?

[reddread]

9. spin doctors work for someone

pretty important role in our systemic infection.

[woodsprite]

4. I would think it's very hard to keep secrets from one another

about campaign strategy when you're married, living/sleeping together, etc. My husband and I work for different people in the same place and we talk about things going on in the workplace, and sometimes ask/give advice on how to do/deal with something. But there are certain things that I just cannot talk about, even though I do trust him. Once you hear something, you can't 'unhear' it, and it's easy to slip up even if you're just talking to your significant other but can be overheard by someone else.

With Matelin and Carville in such valuable and important positions for opposite sides, I think that should be considered a conflict of interest. I don't trust either one of them as far as I could throw them. As a campaign advisor, I don't know that much about Matelin since I don't follow her, but Carville always did creep me out in a 'weasel' kind of way.

[jberryhill]

5. Plenty of married attorneys and medical professionals manage it

There are all sorts of occupations which deal in confidential information.

There are even married couples who manage to play card games with each other without telling the other one what is in their hand.

"But there are certain things that I just cannot talk about, even though I do trust him." Well, there you are.

I think both of them realize that if they shared confidential work information, they'd both be toast.

[woodsprite]

6. I would think the volume of info that you could/couldn't talk about would be an issue.

With my husband and I it's maybe a half dozen times a year (mainly evaluation times or contract renewal times). With political advisors, I would think there would be stuff going on all the time that would not be good to share with "the enemy camp".