Political Nanny : Chelsea Clinton

Clinton Smackdown Chelsea-Style

Madeline Holler — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:17:00 GMT

Ohhhhh, if Chelsea Clinton isn't the whole package. Political Nanny can't wait to take care of the youngest Clinton when she's running for president.

While out campaigning for her mom at a college campus, Chelsea responds to a question about the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Watch. Mama must be proud. (Daddy is probably under his desk rocking himself in shame.)

5 Quotes That Show Clinton is a Mom

Madeline Holler — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:29:00 GMT

We don't need Chelsea Clinton to remind us Hillary is a mom. She sometimes sounds like one. Here are five recent Hillary quotes that had us thinking, "gawd, Mom!"

1. "Shame on you, Barack Obama." This said after she accused her rival of misrepresenting her views on NAFTA and healthcare in recent mailings around Ohio. He's soooo getting grounded.

2. She called for a "trade timeout" during the Austin debates. And then what? NAFTA, go to your room and think about what you've done to wages and industry.

3. Not a quote, but an action -- she hugs Chelsea first after every debate and major speech: Sure, Bill's been banished for awhile, and yes, even if he was there, we have all those marriage issues, etc. But she shows off her daughter. What a mommy.

4. She also protects her daughter. She got that MSNBC guy suspended for associating Chelsea with prostitution and saying that Hillary had her "pimped out." From Politico: “Nothing justifies the kind of debasing language that David Shuster used and no temporary suspension or half-hearted apology is sufficient,” Clinton wrote to NBC News President Steve Capus, who apparently had already called Clinton to personally apologize.

5. With respect to fighting for Florida and Michigan delegates, which she says she will, she argues: More than 2 million people came out. I mean, it was record turnout for a primary. Florida, in particular, is sensitive to being disenfranchised because of what happened to them in the last elections. I have said that I would ask my delegates to vote to seat. OK, not exactly mommy words. More like the mother of invention/necessity kind of stuff. Whatever it takes to get a Mom in the White House.

Photo: Rocky Mountain News

Scrapbooking the Election: Candidates' Kids

Madeline Holler — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:29:00 GMT

Remember when this presidential campaign looked more like a Disney On Ice tour, what with all the little, little kids running around getting their pictures taken with the stars of the show? Even Grampa Mitt, whose own children are now five strapping grown men, hauled his willing grandson around to mug it up and sway the minds of undecided voters.

Unlike a fairy tale, election Neverneverland takes some serious funding and voter approval to return to again and again. One-by-one, daddies have packed up their Iowa rental homes or emptied their already empty campaign schedules or headed back to the North Carolina compound.

The youngest campaign kids -- and our final hope ... yes, hope! ... at hearing the pitter-patter of little feet in the White House -- are Barack Obama's 6- and 9-year-old girls, Sasha and Malia (pictured above). The rest of this election's second generation aren't as cute as the Obamas. Still, Political Nanny thinks we should familiarize ourselves with who could be calling Mr./Madame President "Mom" or "Dad" next year:

John McCain has a multi-layered family tree -- some of his offspring are way grown-up kids from a first marriage, some way grown-up kids from a second marriage and some thrown in later for good measure. His daughter, Meghan, is very visibly involved in his campaign (she's traveling with him and blogging about it ... and also offering make-up tips). McCain's youngest daughter is Bridget, who you may remember is the daughter he adopted from Bangladesh that some sleazy South Carolina Bush operatives used to undermine McCain's values credibility back in 2000.

McCain: Bridget, 16 and Meghan, 23

Hillary Clinton finally took the muzzle off of Chelsea last month, following the senator's New Hampshire win. Now we not only see Chelsea at all her mom's rallies and debates, we also get to see video of her talking to younger voters.

Clinton: Chelsea, 27

Mike Huckabee is the father of three grown children, a daughter and two sons. His daughter works on his campaign (watch her here ... she has a fantastically rich Arkansas accent) and clearly has it together. Political Nanny doesn't think Huckabee will be the next president ... but Sarah? Well, seems like we'll be nannying her a couple of decades from now.

Huckabee: Sarah, 24

One of Huckabee's sons, David, might be the former governor of Arkansas' skeleton in the closet. In 1998, when the boy was 17, he was involved in the hanging of a dog at a Boy Scout camp. What makes this a problem for Huckabee is that he appears to have fired the director of the state's police force for not helping him out with the problem.

Huckabee: David, 27

Mitt Romney has all five of his sons working hard on his campaign. They've got a website with personal blogs (a few of which need some updating, Ben!). And these guys, what with there being five of them, are all over the campaign trail riding bikes and shaking hands and flashing their big white teeth at the cameras. (Any chance at least one of these guys is gay or liberal or pro-choice or deeply in debt or unmarried or infertile or atheist or anything interesting like that?)

Romney: Tagg, 37

Matt, 36

Josh, 32

Ben, 29

Craig, 26

Ron Paul's "kids," Ronnie, Lori, Rand, Robert, and Joy, are all way grown and parents and some of them are even grandparents. Pictures of them are hard to find. But here's one with Ron and some of his grandkids. To see Paul's two daughters go here.

That sure is one big happy Family Campaign photo album! Awwww, aren't they all so cute?