I thought of Carville and his wife, too. They do alright. You must have been stunned, but why not ask, "do you have proof? What makes you think that?" Hannity does it all the time with his lib callers, and the always stammer and never come up with an answer.
It's possible that she's not politically 'awake' yet. I come from a long line of Democrats and it took me until 2000 to realize that the parties have effectively swapped places some time ago. Of the collective brain that is our voting populace, I sincerely believe only 40% is being used! ;o)
GOOD LUCK!
It's also entirely possible that, after living in a rabidly liberal workplace/state, she's merely parroting what she believes she must say to survive.
She may even think that you believe those things. You can discuss what you believe with her, and then ask her what she thinks about it! She will either flee, or be intrigued.
She might really feel/think/believe differently if she had a chance to meet other people who did not roundly condemn her for having an independent thought...
"We" don't know anything of their relationship except that they stand to make lots of money. Nothing against making money ;-) .
And why some attorneys marry—money.