All The Candidates' Kids

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.

Washington Post Chimes In

So I'm not the only one keeping an eye on the spawn swimming in the campaign. Today, in The Reliable Source, Post columnists Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts give a great rundown on the First Kid hopefuls, providing these juicy tidbits:

Abby Brownback's a newspaper editor at Kansas State and her National Merit Scholar brother Andy's on the university's champion math team. Their sister Liz is still in high school in Topeka. The Brownback clan also includes Mark and Jenna, both 9, adopted from Guatemala and China.

Jay Gilmore graduated from University of Virginia two years ago, where his wrestler brother Ashton's a freshman.

Caroline Giuliani starred as Maria in her high school's production of "West Side Story."

The godmother of Jackie Kucinich (a twenty-something who parties with the authors of the Post article) is Shirley MacLaine of the New Age.