... and then Sparrowblog would have to welcome Emma, aged 28, and Georgina, aged 24, who are currently the First Daughters of New York City since their father's the mayor there. He's thinking about entering the race as an Independent, not a Democrat or a Republican.
If you're wondering which First Daughters in the Running have been picking up buzz lately, here's what my stats show:
MTV's Choose or Lose has hired 51 Street Team Journalists:
They are conservative and liberal, from big cities and small towns, but all are tied together through a passion for politics and a yearning to make the youth voice heard during this pivotal election. The correspondents will begin reporting early next month after an intensive MTV News orientation in New York, during which they'll be armed with laptops, video cameras and cell phones and challenged to uncover the untold political stories that matter most to young people in their respective states.
Check out this article by Michael Scherer in Salon called "Meghan McCain is Not Chelsea Clinton." Good for her, I say. Meghan's doing her own thing in this campaign, despite the heat she's getting from people who don't think she's serious enough. I like to think that my suggestion back in May might have gotten her thinking about blogging, but that might be overestimating my own powers.
(Meghan McCain saunters into an empty screen wearing a red t-shirt that pictures her Dad's face, jeans, and boots with stiletto heels. In the background, the Mission Impossible theme song is playing.)
Meghan: I could tell you to get out there and vote for my Dad in '08.
(Cate Edwards comes in and circles Meghan, ending up back to back with her, both of their hands on their hips. Lots of attitude. Cate's wearing a blue t-shirt that pictures her Dad's face, jeans, and high heels.)
Cate: Or I could tell you to get out there and vote for my Dad in '08.
(Both girls pivot slowly to face each other, eyes narrowed. After a minute, they shrug and fist-punch, and turn back to the camera. The background music changes to Alicia Keys, No One, instrumental only.)
Meghan: But we won't.
Cate: Nah. Not here. Not now.
(From off-screen someone tosses them purple hoodies. The girls catch them, put them on, and zip themselves up. Now both of them are wearing identical purple sweatshirts bearing the Rock the Vote logo.)
Meghan: So we'll just stop with ... (Turns to Cate and smiles)
Cate: (Smiles back) Get out there and vote.
Meghan: It's a free country, people.
Cate: Rock the Vote in '08.
Meghan: I'm Meghan McCain, and I approve this message.
Cate: I'm Cate Edwards, and I approve this message.
(They exit chatting side by side, like BFFs.)
Everybody in the know likes Hillary's daughter. Here's another reason why that might be: when some dude recently tried to dis the current First Daughters, Chelsea stood up for them instead of agreeing with him.
Check out the decorations in the White House and a cameo by the First Twins in the 2007 Barney Cam Holiday Video.
26-year-old Sarah Huckabee's happy but a bit more stressed out as her father's campaign gains steam. Jay Newton-Small of Time Magazine gives us the scoop on Sarah in an article he titled Huckabee's Family Field General:
She inherited the organizational talents of her mother, Janet (who until recently worked for the Red Cross in Little Rock), and the passion for politics of her Dad, and no small amount of his famous charm. Asked about boyfriends, she fends off the question with a coy smile: "You're not going to put that in your story, are you?"
I'm still not sure which candidate's for me, so I took this great quiz comparing my views with theirs over at Select Smart, and was SHOCKED, totally SHOCKED by the matchup (no, I'm not telling -- this blog stays nonpartisan until November '08, sorry). Fill in the bubbles over at the select smart site, skip the ads, and get your own results.
One issue the Select Smart people leave off is what the candidates think about world poverty and disease, so if you care about those biggies, head over to One Vote '08, pick three candidates and compare their views via video clip.
The host of "The Ellen Show" talks the First Daughter into cold-calling her parents, and finds nothing but sweetness. (Does anybody out there still get the ET-ism in my post title, or is that classic but boring film as old as Drew Barrymore seems now when I watch it?)
With Oprah out there preaching for Obama before the Iowa Caucus, reporters are talking about Chelsea adding her own star power to her mother's campaign. Seems like a lot of people think Miss Clinton's got as much clout as Queen O. Maybe this proves that a First Daughter is the closest thing we've got to a Princess.
I wonder whether Malia and Sasha have giggled over their Dad in this video yet?
India had Indira and now Pratibha, England had Margaret, and Germany has Angela. But no matter how you'll vote, it's sort of stunning that a woman is finally in the running for the top job here in America (Geraldine ran for VP and lost by a landslide).
To see Mrs. Clinton (that's her Wellesley college yearbook photo, BTW) up on a debate platform flanked by a bunch of men means a lot to women everywhere, young and old, Republican or Democrat. The Boston Globe tells us about 98-year-old Pauline Kenick, for example:
Photo Source: Lindsey Spirit via Creative CommonsKenick grew up poor in Nashua, the daughter of a railroad worker. As a schoolgirl, when she knitted blankets for wounded soldiers in World War I, her father had to sand down nails for knitting needles. She remembers her mother registering to vote when women gained suffrage in 1920.
Now, she has a Clinton sticker on the door of her unit in an elderly housing complex. And she hopes to vote for Clinton for a second term.
"My mother lived to be 101 and four months," Kenick said. "I'd only be 102. It could happen. . . . It's in the Lord's hands whether I'm around or not, but if I am she can count on my vote."
Presenting the Amazing Romney Turkey Bowl:
My question is: where are the girls in the family? Are they off baking pumpkin pies or something? I LOVE flag football!
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