Good question raised by John Fund

Fred Thompson's wife Jeri got this reputation for micro-managing his campaign.

But Jeri Thompson never presumed to call Fred on the phone during a speech to the National Rifle Association, nor a couple of other occasions on which Judith Giuliani interrupted her husband's speech and he stopped to take the call. Why is that?

Giuliani staffers say Judith Giuliani is in a league of her own. Many of the complaints are inside baseball: Staffers have been fired, advisers shut out of meetings, schedules changed based on her whim. But it was her idea for Mr. Giuliani to suggest on national TV that he might let her attend cabinet meetings. Her high-handed behavior prompted a series of negative profiles this summer, including a vicious one in Vanity Fair, which were said to have prompted her to retreat from day-to-day involvement in the campaign.

But not for long. The staff remains "terrified" of her, according to a former staffer. "Mollifying Judith is at the top of the to-do list for far too many people on the campaign," one person close to Mr. Giuliani told me. Another says: "The biggest concern is that if not corrected it will stir up questions about his judgment closer to when people vote--either before the early primaries or before the general election. It's a ticking time bomb."

UPDATE: Michael Bates huffs in the comments:

Just what we need: Hyacinth Bucket (it’s pronounced “Bouquet”!) as First Lady.