How Does She Do It?

One of the interesting questions around this election--how can Maria Shriver watch the Democratic base be so directly attacked?

More on the attacks in an article by Larry Gerston in the San Jose Mercury News.  He reports:

Across the nation, labor's enemies are in a state of near-euphoria, and for good reason. Pro-business/anti-tax interests view unions in California as the linchpin of organized labor everywhere. They have a point. In California, unions represent 18 percent of the workforce, compared with less than 13 percent nationally. So, the thinking goes, if the legs can be pulled out from organized labor in California, the table will be set for similar coups in other states with less successful union movements. Sensing victory, anti-union groups have funneled millions of dollars into the ``Yes on Proposition 75'' campaign.

In this context Maris is re-emerging to do appearances for her husband--just like she did to get him elected.  She will NOT be talking directly about the initiatives, but she will be out there winning pub for her family and husband.  Carla Marinucci in the SF Chronicle writes:

Her appearance today on Oprah Winfrey's show will be in dramatic contrast to an earlier pre-election visit to her friend's TV stage. In September 2003, Shriver sat on the "Oprah" couch alongside her husband to proudly tout his family values and virtues -- and hit the stump statewide to make the case to millions of California women voters why her candidate-spouse, then battered by allegations of groping as he campaigned in the recall election for governor, would be good for the state.

There's good news!  The Stockton Record and the Riverside Press-Enterprise both endorsed NO on Prop 75.  Keep 'em coming!