Would Melanie be Lee's sidekick if she were not married to the program director, Jack Swanson? I doubt it.
I'm not sure what your point is re: "you can try to tune the SC out, but it might come back to get you". I don't want to tune it out; I want our President to nominate candidates whose qualifications extend beyond "I know her heart, she is an Evangelical Christian, and that's enough for me". Geez, if that were all that was necessary, he could appoint ME to the Supreme Court.
Yes, it's actually pretty funny because Melanie is Lee's sidekick IN SPITE of Jack Swanson serving as PD. Next time your out the California way and you see Melanie speaking at some GOP/conservative event you should talk to her afterwards. She's got a funny tale to tell of her life in broadcast circles, how she became a conservative, etc...
Her husband, by the way, is a Democrat I believe. And ABC is also interviewing replacement candidates for Jack's position as PD of KSFO. He would just be PD of KGO.