We say goodbye to the youngest First Kids in Hoping (Christina, aged 5 and Grace, aged 3) as their Dad Chris Dodd pulled out of the race after the Iowa results, and to Joe Biden's three children also, as the Senator from Delaware decided to throw in the towel, too.
A full list of First Kid Hopefuls is drifting around in cyberspace; here it is at Yahoo! News. The youngest is Christina Dodd, age 2, the oldest is Doug McCain at 47, and there aren't any candidates with kids in sixth through ninth grades (ages 10-15).
Kids who need babysitters: Christina Dodd, 2, Grace Dodd, 5, Sasha Obama, 5, Malia Obama, 8, Jack Edwards, 9, Emma Claire Edwards, 9, Mark and Jenna Brownback, both 9.
The teenagers: Bridget McCain, 16, Elizabeth Brownback, 17, James McCain, 18, Caroline Giuliani, 18, Andy Brownback, 19, and Ashton Gilmore, 19.
In their 20s: Abby Brownback, 20, Andrew Giuliani, 21, Jack McCain, 21, Meghan McCain, 22, Jay Gilmore, 23, Sam Hunter, 24, Jackie Kucinich, 24, Sarah Huckabee, 24, Craig Romney, 25, Ashley Biden, 25, Cate Edwards, 25, Chelsea Clinton, 27, David Huckabee, 27, Ben Romney, 28.
Before we get back to finding out where and how they live, here's an update on me and them in MySpace.
I tried to friend most of the candidates today and post something about this blog on their sites. John Edwards, Sam Brownback, and Mitt Romney added me and posted my comment after a while, but no HTML code allowed, so people can't click from their sites to this one.
Chris Dodd added me and posted my comment right away, without any long approval process. He also let me link right to this blog like an HTML maniac.
John McCain added me but didn't approve my comment. We'll wait and see what happens. No word at all from Obama, Giuliani, Biden, Clinton, or Richardson.
Results so far: Chris Dodd wins Sparrow's MySpace Award for Freedom of Speech! Sadly, once the Wackos start to post, he might have to change his ways ...
When Christy Carlson Romano's new animated movie, The Legend of Secret Pass (co-starring Frankie Muniz) premiers in 2008, I'll bet two kids named Grace and Christina, ages five and two, will get front seats. After all, Christy interned for their Dad, Chris Dodd (Senator from Connecticut running for prez) — and she's actually his goddaughter. Christy (aka Kim Possible and Ren Stevens of Even Stevens), who just wrote a fun teen novel called Grace's Turn, shows her support for her godfather as president on her blog.
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