White Teeth and the election

In all honesty I had a hard time relating the characters in White Teeth beyond the obvious with the electoral candidates. this very well could be that i know very little about the candidates themselves. The most I know about Cindy McCain is what I read in the article that we had to read in week one, and I know very little about McCain himself or Obama and his wife. I find white teeth to actually be very interesting, perhaps more interesting than the election itself. I'll try to make some connections...

Archie is in his second marriage and also is McCain, to Archie, Clara is a gorgeous trophy wife when he first sees her, and Cindy McCain is shown as a trophy wife herself, both women have had some troubles in their past. Cindy with her drug issue and Clara is a reformed Jehovah's Witness and her family is a little odd and didn't support her decision to not follow their religion anymore. Clara and Cindy McCain are both married to older men, and in both cases both women were pursued by the men. We shall see if there are more connections as we go, I think it's harder to connect a fictional character and presidential candidates lives, and more because they take place at two very different times.