Nobody will ever accuse Marc Mallory of being another Dan Mulhern. And you are going Marc and Dan who, fair enough. They are not household names for sure, but give yourself a pat on the back if you knew that Dr. Mallory is currently the state’s First Gentleman and Dan the Man held the same title when Michigan’s first female governor was in office. Surely you do remember Gov. Jennifer Granholm. Anyhow, it is up to whomever is First Gentleman or First Lady to figure out what role, if any, they want to play. When Dan and Jen got married it was pretty much understood that he would be the one running for office. And it stayed that way until it became clear it would not stay that way forever. She beat him to it and on her first shot at elective office, he was calling her Attorney General Jennifer Granholm and after he hounded her for years to move up the ladder, her second try resulted in the new title i.e. governor. He proceeded then to play “deputy governor” as the wags in our town quickly labeled him to the point that he became part of the political back and forth and even got some flack for having too much sway with his bride.
Now comes Dr. Mallory who wouldn’t be caught dead in any of the inner-circle skull sessions with the governor and her team. That was fine with him as he was more than content to drill his client’s teeth while she did whatever she did in the political game. And it was even “finer” for her. To prove the point, on the eve of her first State of the State message, she was asked if she had performed the speech in front of her husband. One can still hear the loudWhitmerlaugh. “No! He’s a dentist!! Nuf said.
Which brings us to one role he had to play once she was elected. Let’s just say he didn’t know this was coming … poor guy.
