George Bush's wife being eccentric in public

George Bush's wife, Laura (whose accomplishments, apparently, include being a very heavy smoker and killing a friend when she was a kid through dubious driving; who'da thunk it?) was in the news twice today!

She's brought out a book for kids (on reading; hopefully her command of the English American language is rather better than Georgie's), and won a sandwich-making contest. Really. I mean, you couldn't make this stuff up, could you?

The position of First Lady has always puzzled me a bit. The US press tend to treat her a little like you'd expect the Queen to be treated, but she does seem to do the strangest things!

If Clinton wins the election, will Bill be first gentleman, I wonder? And, if so, will he be expected to go around winning sandwich contests?