Bernie Sanders' most trusted confidant readies for the national stage
Bernie Sanders' microphone had just been taken from him. The Seattle event he was supposed to headline was about to be ended by Black Lives Matter protesters. And he and Jane, his wife, stood slightly off stage, perplexed and whispering to each other.
After talking to his wife, the Vermont senator and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate then did something he rarely ever does: He waded through the crowd of adoring supporters in the August heat, shaking hands, back slapping and getting far closer than he normally does with his devotees.
The idea, which left his supporters happy, wasn't his. It was Jane's, his wife of 27 years and someone that campaign aides affectionately refer to as the candidate's most trusted adviser.
"I think every wife, or every husband, is the most important adviser of their spouse so I enjoy it very much, he doesn't always listen to me as you may know," Jane Sanders said with a laugh during an interview in Boulder, Colorado. "I'm not a policy adviser. I just give him a lot of advice and he decides what to take and what not to."
http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/12/politics/bernie-sanders-jane-sanders/
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