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The Republican non-romance with Mitt Romney reminds me of Henry VIII's uncharacteristically reluctant marriage to Anne of Cleves — the king's fourth wife. She was a minor German princess who, to the king's advisers, looked like the ideal political match. A dubious Henry resisted — and insisted that the great portrait artist Hans Holbein be sent to paint her picture. The work flattered Anne by framing (and overwhelming) her with a bejeweled gold headdress and gown.
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Mitt Romney, with his wife Ann and son Tagg, celebrates Tuesday in Novi, Mich. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. It's a good bet Mitt Romney slept a whole lot easier Tuesday night. "We didn't win by a lot but... Read Post

Responding to Ann Romney's Tuesday night RNC speech, Fox News analyst Juan Williams said that the wife of presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney looked “like a corporate wife... whose husband takes care of her." Read Post

England, 1533. King Henry VIII is anxious to formally annul the marriage to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and to wed Anne Boleyn in her stead. However, the Pope remains adamantly opposed to both the union and the king's refor... Read Post