If the results of national elections are able to drive your wife into depression and therefore affect your relationship so severely, then there is obviously something unhealthy going on there that needs to be addressed.
From what I have observed, ALL radio talk show hosts, either on the left or the right, make their livings and boost their popularity by being extremely opinionated (and egotistical), confrontational toward anyone who dares to disagrees with them, sensationalizing any news item that crosses their desk, demonizing of all those with whom they take issue, and being inflammatory --> they revel in fanning the flames of passion in all those who listen to and agree with them. They promote, to the extreme, an US vs. THEM view of the world, where if "they" ever take charge, Armageddon will come and all of our babies will end up on pitchforks carried by demons in the streets. It's all very exaggerated and unrealistic -- but it sells radio air time.
I don't know how you convince her that this is a very unhealthy addiction: that she needs to put the ear-buds aside and focus on enjoying HER OWN LIFE, with you, rather than pinging on all of that inflammatory stuff -- stuff which she has no direct control over anyway (beyond voting). Your wife needs to take a lesson from James Carvel and Mary Matalin: who sit on VERY opposite sides of the political spectrum, but still respect each other, openly display their love for each other, and get on with their lives --> even when one or the other of them has suffered a severe political defeat. I imagine that they're pretty entertaining in bed too....
Take care,
-- B.
Me 50, W 45, M for 26 yrs S25, D23, S13, S10 20+ year SSM; recovery began Oct 2007
