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Mothers of Intention — Has Dooce Become the Modern Day June Cleaver?

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

It’s time to resurrect my weekly feature Mothers of Intention. Many bloggers who are moms (notice I didn’t use the term mommyblogger) wrote about politics and the presidential campaign here at Mothers of Intention in 2008. In trying to decide …

Taking on The Burger King

Monday, April 20, 2009

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Looking for me? While I’m at the Politics Online Conference, you can find me over at NPR.Call me crazy, but I’m still thinking about “square butts!”…

Hillary Clinton is a Social Media Animal! Who Knew?

Friday, April 17, 2009

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been called a lot of things in her day, some of them not so complimentary. “Social media animal,” however, probably isn’t a term that Hillary ever thought would be attached to her name. She’s …

Hillary Clinton & Digital Town Hall from the Dominican Republic

Thursday, April 16, 2009

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Feel the need for a tropical getaway but don’t have the funds? Well, how about watching Hillary Clinton’s Digital Town Hall in the Dominican Republic, live, right here at PunditMom? You can even submit questions ahead of time for …

PunditMom + Political Junkie Should Make for a Good NPR Podcast!

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

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Chatting about politics with new people is always fun for me, so I’m really excited to be participating in an NPR podcast at 2:45 p.m. Eastern time today on the Norm Coleman/Al Franken Senate race and other political news of …

As My Mother-in-Law Would Say, "Norm Coleman — Dayenu Already!"

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

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I experienced my first Passover kind of late in life after marrying into Mr. PunditMom’s family. The seders weren’t long in his parents’ household, but everyone knew if it was getting too late, my mother-in-law would loudly proclaim it was …

Another Springtime Photo from PunditMom

Saturday, April 11, 2009

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When there’s not enough time for words, there’s always time for a photo! Photo by PunditMom…

Political Makeovers for Women!!

Friday, April 10, 2009

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Women love makeovers. We can’t help it. Even the most serious-minded of us like a little change now and then. Who doesn’t crave a new lip gloss or yearn for an updated hair style from time to time? (Excuse me …

PunditMom — One of 50!

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

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As I’ve mentioned before, I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with the term “mommyblogger.” But I guess I’m going to have to come to grips with it and use it for my world domination agenda in light of …

Oprah and the Mommybloggers Should Go One Step Further

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

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My gal pal Jodifur nudged me to take on the topic of Oprah and the mommybloggers. I know that could be a bit dangerous (I don’t want Oprah putting a hit out on my blog!), but I’ll go there anyway!…

10 Reasons Mothers are More Political in 2009

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

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As I discovered last year by reading a lot of blogs, and from the wonderful essays all my Mothers of Intention contributors wrote, moms are a lot more political than the we get credit for. Politicians think they know us …

G-20 — The More Things Change, ….

Monday, April 6, 2009

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Here are the spouses of the G20 leaders. Well, the wives of the male leaders, that is. There are actually two women leaders in the G20 — Angela Merkel of Germany and Cristina Kirchner of Argentina. So, why aren’t …