Cindy McCain, left, and Michelle Obama, right. Both potential first ladies have taken more prominent roles in this presidential campaign than campaigns past. (Robyn Beck/Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images)
President, U.S. Senate, Congress, and the Minnesota House of Representatives are the major races in the campaign of 2008. This is the first presidential election without an incumbent or sitting vice president involved since 1952.
Candidates' wives play prominent campaign roles
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Overshadowed a bit in the attention paid to vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin are the other women in the race -- the wives of the presidential candidates. Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama are campaigning too, and contributing to the image of their respective tickets.
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Richard Wolffe: Newsweek's senior White House correspondent. His article, "Barack's Rock" appeared in the Feb. 25 issue of the magazine.
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Ariel Levy: Staff writer for the New Yorker. Her article, "The Lonesome Trail: Cindy McCain's nontraditional campaign," appeared in the Sept. 15 issue of the New Yorker.
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