Battling It Out for the White House

The other day my son Brian, who is 5, was watching the news and asked my husband, Rob, "Who's the republican guy again?"

Rob: John McCain.
Brian: And who's the democrat?
Rob: Barack Obama.

Brian: Are they fighting?

Rob: Well, they're battling for the presidency.

Brian: With swords?

I'm not going to make any political analogies here because I think Brian has done the work for us. Rob adds that McCain is kind of short and Obama is kind of a big guy...you take it from there.

I will say that I think it's great that my daughter, who is nearly 3, keeps asking me, "Who is the lady?" and she means Hilary Clinton.

All hail the beginnings of political knowledge!