[Secret Agent Man]

because the spouses of liberals aren’t blind idiots. they know exactly the kind of people they are marrying.

[9YearLurker]

Because he was a liberal, she should have anticipated his behavior?

[gusty]

In this case you are correct. Common sense points toward she married him in the first place for his money. Reason being is that Spitzer is one ugly dude, with a personality to match. Silda is a pretty good looking woman. I do not buy for one second that this pretty girl saw some obnoxious gargoyle and said to herself “I want to date that guy.” What she saw was Spitzer standing on his daddy's real estate fortune, and then and only then did he become desirable to Silda.