Laureen Harper a savvy “political wife”

Savvy wife

A story in the National Post about how to bring up kids in the political spotlight offers an insight into the wise mind of Laureen Harper. When the reporter asked her to give advice to Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire on this subject Mrs Harper adroitly sidestepped the invitation. Instead, she suggested that it would be presumptuous to say the least for her to give advice to a dynamic young couple like Justin and Sophie.  But she was not finished. For her next gambit Mrs Harper laid on the humility with a trowel. You have to admire her political savvy when she said she could probably take lessons from Trudeau and Gregoire. Finally, each will have to judge for himself  if this seems even close to the truth but for her ultimate bob-and-weave, the prime minister’s spouse said that people recognize Sophie Gregoire when she walks down the street but that they would never even notice Laureen Harper. This is what you call a clever political wife.