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:As it appears her role was passive, she'd divorced her husband nearly a decade before the 2008 elections, her "role in history" is very tangential. Her place in events, such as it was, is covered here. If there is already an abundance of records, as you say, then we needn't expand an article on an actress who had the misfortune to once have been married to Jack Ryan into some sort of American History Story. She'll be remembered, if at all, as an actress, which is what this page reflects.--[[User talk:TEHodson|TEHodson]] 07:49, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
::I don't think you understand history or timeline. The election in question was in 2004, not 2008. Barack Obama was running for US senator from Illinois against Mr. Ryan and in March 2004 they were neck and neck with most polls showing Ryan ahead and some showing Obama ahead. Some details of the Jeri Ryan post divorce child custody deposition were leaked in late March and by June when they were unsealed Ryan had plunged 20 points in the polls. The 2004 leaking and unsealing of the divorce papers in the middle of that competitive 2004 election was massively covered in the popular press, especially the television news/entertainment programming. This was a huge event in popular culture, and affected political events at the highest level. It is used as a case study in popular culture affecting US politics in no less than the communications program at Syracuse university. it is clearly one of the more if not most remarkable aspects of her notability, and certainly noted in academic work as such. She is noted in Columbia Journalism Review for this scandal and its affect, not for her acting: http://go.galegroup.com/ps/anonymous?p=AONE&sw=w&issn=0010194X&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA136709482&sid=googleScholar&linkaccess=fulltext&authCount=1&isAnonymousEntry=true
::Indeed her custody deposition and its affect on the elections is mentioned in scores of sober political volumes and academic works:
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&hl=en&q=%22jeri+ryan%22+obama&=
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