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• Political Nanny: Election Scrapbook -- Candidate Tattoos

  Which candidate will you have tattooed on your left thigh? Seems candidate tats are the permanent political statement to make this election. Though, really, wouldn't you just rather get the T-shirt? MORE TATS AFTER THE JUMP!    Read More... Posted May 28 2008, 03:31 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: barack obama, candidates, election, campaign trail, ron paul, tattoos of the candidates, candidate tattoos, scrapbooking the elections

• Political Nanny: Obama Answers the Tattoo Question ... Finally!

  Guess we can't count on the alternative press to ask the candidates important questions either. Or can we? Portland's Willamette Week asked Democratic candidate Barack Obama, who's in Oregon campaigning hard for a must-win in that state's primary next week, what tattoo would he get, were he so inclined, and where would he get it?   Read More... Posted May 14 2008, 04:06 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: barack obama, michelle obama, tattoos, body art, political nanny, candidates, tattoo, alternative weeklies, willamette week, oregon primary, stupid questions

• Political Nanny: You Vote What You Eat (and the Pollsters Know!)

  Pollsters are watching what you eat, even if you aren't. Why the interest in your favorite wine/preferred entree/breakfast cereal? Why else? To see just how to pitch their candidate to you.   Read More... Posted Apr 16 2008, 06:06 PM by Madeline Holler with | with no comments Filed under: hillary clinton, barack obama, candidates, John McCain, microtargeting, partisan menus, campaigning

• Political Nanny's Playground: Eeny Meeny Miny, Moe

  Well, Republicans, you have a clear winner in Iowa. Democrats? Um, not so much. Sure, it's been called for Obama. But look at the numbers -- the difference isn't so great.   Read More... Posted Jan 05 2008, 04:14 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Huckabee, republicans, undecided voters, candidates, Democrats, Iowa, iowa caucus, obama, eeny meeny miny moe, quiz

• Good Idea or Bad Sit-Com Plot? Would You Want the President Living Next Door?

  Man, Republican voters sure can be cranky. Looks like they'd prefer drawing the shades and locking down the gated community rather than rolling out the welcome wagon for certain new neighbors next door. In a recent Zillow.com survey, Democrats, Republicans and Independents weighed in on which of the presidential candidates they would prefer living next to (hey, we've all been biding our time until this election finally gets underway tonight). Republicans chose ... Read More... Posted Jan 03 2008, 09:31 AM by Madeline Holler with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: 2008 Campaign, surveys, voters, candidates, elections, neighbors, neighborhood

• Kids Ruin Everything: The Iowa Edition

  From the Heartland, on the eve of the much ballyhooed Iowa caucuses (they're here? They're finally here?!), I bring you a new twist on that old parenting classic: who is going to watch the children. Like when you want to go to a grown-ups only party, or, say, out on New Year's Eve. Or maybe just spend some alone time with your partner without having to take out a loan to pay a babysitter. Those damn kids sure get in the way of your freedom! If you're an Iowan, the kids get in the way of ...   Read More... Posted Jan 02 2008, 05:03 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: childcare, Republican, childcare costs, republicans, undecided voters, voters, Iowa caucuses, candidates, Democrats, vote, fair, Iowa, 2008 elections, iowa caucus, elections, election, 2008 election