Hump Day Open Thread
by Elisa
Wed Feb 13, 2008 at 05:27:54 AM PDT
As you probably already know, Sen. Barack Obama won the Virginia, Maryland and D.C. primaries yesterday by comfortable double-digit margins, according to CNN. He made significant inroads among white rural voters, Latinos and women, propelling him to the lead in the delegate count, even with Super Delegates taken into consideration.
Nonetheless, he has only slightly more than half the delegates needed to clinch the nomination. Damn, running for president is a grueling process. Then again, it is great we are making the candidates earn each and every single vote this campaign season.
Take That Ann Landers! Child-free movement websites such as this one often cite a 1970s study by Ann Landers that showed 70 percent of parents were unhappy and regretted having children. But Parenting -- not to be confused with Parents -- recently released an admittedly unscientific study that more than 80 percent of its readers would have had their children and even have had them earlier.
Here are the results of the magazine’s online poll:
If you had to do it over again:
59% would have had kids exactly when you did
23% would have had them earlier
16% would have had them later
2% would not have become a mom at all
Valentine’s Day Downer: Parenting magazine also released a poll showing that 69 percent of its readers dreaded traveling with their husbands more than their children. Ouch.
J-Lo Gossip: Okay, I am so behind on my celebrity gossip that I did not realize Jennifer Lopez was due to have twins tomorrow! Also, rumor has it her twins -- a boy and a girl -- will be named Max and Emme, according to Latina magazine.
What else is on your minds, MotherTalkers?
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