The wives of our presidential candidates are facing a tough quandary, according to a Washington Post feature this morning. Specifically, how does one balance a traditional, servile feminine personae (Bess Truman) with activism (Eleanor Roosevelt) and not end up, well, a fiery androgynous bitch (Hillary Clinton)? This sounds needlessly high maintenance, but it turns out that American voters pay unusually close adherence to this tightrope walk. MORE »

Playboy polled its readers as to which of two potential first ladies is sexier. And apparently it’s Bill Clinton over Ann “Mitt’s First and Only Wife” Romney. Because Playboy “readers” are all finally coming to grips with their homoerotic impulses, or something. Also because Ann looks like a middle-aged woman whose had like 500 identical sons, and Bill looks like an old horn-dog. They really shoulda done this with the trophy wives, though. We’d have our own “Mrs. Fred Thompson vs Mrs. Hottie Kucinich” poll but we have to live with ourselves.

Battle of the Sexiest [Playboy]