Nontraditional spouses, woohoo

"We have more nontraditional spouses this time than we've had in a while -- nontraditional in different ways, which is pretty interesting," said Kathleen A. Dolan, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. "Ann Romney is much more the traditional spouse in this election, and she's sort of alone in that regard."

(Ann Romney steps into spotlight - Boston Globe)

Romney is traditional, Globe staff writer Lisa Wangsness explains, because she keeps her mouth shut and holds up pictures of her kids. So there you go.