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Are You More Interested In Michelle Obama’s Fashion or Her Works?

Friday, May 8, 2009

What’s more important — whether FLOTUS Michelle Obama spends time with Congressional wives at a food bank to help feed the homeless or that she decided to break out her designer sneaks for the occasion? The media…

President Bush Farewell Tour: Don’t Let the Screen Door Hit You on the Way Out

Friday, January 16, 2009

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It’s been a very long farewell tour for outgoing President George W. Bush. I’ve gotten the feeling that he’s been phoning it in for a while, but then I decided that’s not such a bad thing, given his dismal record…

Green Obama

Friday, December 19, 2008

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As President Bush announced yet another bail-out, this time for American automakers, it’s hard to remember that there are other important problems that will need some serious attention when the administration takes over in January. One of those is…

Writing Hillary Clinton’s Convention Speech

Friday, August 22, 2008

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In just a few days, the long national nightmare for some Barack Obama supporters will be over. Hillary Clinton will have taken her final bow at the 2008 Democratic National Convention as she gives her speech on Tuesday night. Clinton’s…

Hillary Clinton — Crafting a New Political Role

Friday, August 8, 2008

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While everyone else is talking about Barack Obama and VP roulette, I’m going to talk about Hillary! (You’re SO surprised, right?) Hillary Clinton is poking her toe back into the political waters, now that she’s taken sometime…

PunditMom on BlogTalk Radio on Saturday Afternoon!

Thursday, July 24, 2008

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Looking for some political chat this weekend? Then come by the MOMocrats show on BlogTalk Radio on Saturday, July 26 at 3 p.m. Eastern/12 Noon Pacific for our show! We’ll be talking about the BlogHer conference, our…

If You Can’t Trust a Nun, Who Can You Trust?

Friday, May 30, 2008

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What do you get when you cross an 80-year-old nun with a primary election that some in the GOP are trying to control? I know that sounds like a bad joke. But it’s no joke and the punch line can…

Random Thoughts on Voting

Friday, May 23, 2008

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As we wind down in the primary season, the hub-bub about voter registration will be gone because everyone is all registered to vote, right? Wrong. More registration efforts are about to begin anew to get people ready to vote in…

Mothers of Intention — A Lack of Reliable Childcare May Break Our Economy, by Surrender, Dorothy

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

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Welcome to this week’s installment of Mothers of Intention, a forum for blogger moms, who don’t usually get all political at their places, to talk about issues that are important to them. This week, I am so excited that

Non-Mom? Really? Are You Sure You Want to Go There?

Monday, May 12, 2008

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Since I became a mother over seven years ago, I’ve been called a lot of things related to my parental status — Forever mom. Adoptive mom. Mean mom (yeah, you know that one was from PunditGirl). I’ve always hated…

Feminism and "The Wave"

Friday, April 25, 2008

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Having a conversation about the state of feminism today should be a good thing, right? There’s certainly plenty of fodder to start that chat with Hillary Clinton still in the presidential race and all the gender rhetoric that…

Is It Hot on This Planet or Is It Just Me? Earth Day & The Presidential Candidates

Friday, April 18, 2008

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For better or worse, it’s probably a safe bet that with Earth Day falling on the same day as the Pennsylvania presidential primary, April 22, the candidates are a little more focused on Pa. than on Mother Earth.…