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• Clinton Smackdown Chelsea-Style

  Ohhhhh, if Chelsea Clinton isn't the whole package. Political Nanny can't wait to take care of the youngest Clinton when she's running for president. Read More... Posted Mar 26 2008, 02:17 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, monica lewinsky, scandal

• Naughty Chair: Entrepreneur Gennifer Flowers ... She's Selling the Tapes

  Before Political Nanny was keeping on eye on Hillary Clinton, she was watching Bill. Obviously not closely enough because -- how shall we put this? -- Little Bill played around. With the girls. In a big, messy, and not terribly discreet way. Surely you recall.   Oh you don't? Well, fear not.   Read More... Posted Feb 26 2008, 05:13 AM by Madeline Holler with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Naughty Chair, negative campaign, Gennifer Flowers

• 5 Quotes That Show Clinton is a Mom

  We don't need Chelsea Clinton to remind us Hillary is a mom. She sometimes sounds like one. Here are five recent Hillary quotes that had us thinking, "gawd, Mom!"   Read More... Posted Feb 23 2008, 11:29 PM by Madeline Holler with | with no comments Filed under: Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, mom

• Canada Has Superdelegates? Eh?

  The Democratic presidential candidates are mining superdelegate votes in Canada. Now, they know America's coldest neighbor isn't actually a 51st state, right?   Read More... Posted Feb 16 2008, 12:06 PM by Madeline Holler with | with no comments Filed under: Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Democrats, Barack Obama, obama, candidates' cribs, election 2008, superdelegates, Canada

• Scrapbooking the Election: Candidates in Love

  Warning: this might be a little like walking in on your parents. So if you've got some unresolved issues, you'll want to move on to the next blog. Because today, the loviest day of the year, we're going to take a peek at how the final four candidates fell in love (and how they show it now). Read More... Posted Feb 14 2008, 02:02 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Hillary Clinton, candidates, Bill Clinton, election, Clinton, South, primaries, Democrats, John McCain, Barack Obama, campaign, 2008 election, first-spouse, high school, CNN, michelle obama, obama, mike huckabee, election 2008, family photos, scrapbooking the elections, Valentine's Day, first lady, political valentines, candidate love, Janet Huckabee, Cindy McCain

• The Coveted Wax Museum Endorsement

  Curators of the D.C. branch of Madame Tussauds don't mean a thing ... a thing! ... with how they arranged wax figures of the two Democratic frontrunners.   Read More... Posted Feb 13 2008, 11:34 AM by Madeline Holler with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: endorsement, Hillary Clinton, candidates, Bill Clinton, election, Democrats, Barack Obama, 2008 election, first-spouse, NYTimes, Dream Ticket, political humor, election 2008, endorsements, washington, first lady, wax figures, washington d.c., waxing political, madame tussauds

• Hillary Plays Texas Hold-Me-I'm-Trembling-'em

  The Potomac Primary is so yesterday. Which is why Hillary Clinton is in Texas today. She lost big in Tuesday's primaries in Virginia, Maryland, and Washinton, D.C. She's gambling all her chips on Texas and Ohio's March primaries, the next big races and what appear to be her last chance at the nomination.   Read More... Posted Feb 13 2008, 12:10 AM by Madeline Holler with | with no comments Filed under: GOP, endorsement, Hillary Clinton, candidates, Bill Clinton, Clinton, campaign trail, Democrats, John McCain, Barack Obama, campaign issues, 2008 election, Huckabee, mike huckabee, dropping out, endorsements, washington, Ohio, Virginia, Maryland, D.C., Texas

• Mighty Heartin' Huckabee

  How is it that Mike Huckabee continues to enchant voters, carry whole states in these primary elections and caucuses? It can't just be his freaky ideas about Jesusing-up the Constitution. Can it?   Read More... Posted Feb 12 2008, 04:31 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Republican, conservative, Hillary Clinton, candidates, Bill Clinton, election, Clinton, primaries, campaign trail, John McCain, campaign, McCain, government, Southern Baptist, religion and politics, republicans, mike huckabee, election 2008

• Obama Beats Out the Other Clinton Too

  Yet another plurality of votes for Barack Obama that left a Clinton -- this time the other Clinton -- without a win.   Read More... Posted Feb 11 2008, 01:12 PM by Madeline Holler with | with no comments Filed under: Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, primaries, Barack Obama, caucus, Maya Angelou, autobiographies, Grammys, alan alda, momentum

• Hillary Cries It Out -- Again

  Again with the waterworks? Read More... Posted Feb 04 2008, 12:17 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, undecided voters, campaign trail of tears, tears, Super Tuesday, Connecticut

• Big Daddy Clinton Heckles 9/11 Heckler

  Well, he said what most of us have thought for a verrrrry long time. Now, it's not clear what the heckler said, but before Clinton lays into the heckler, he clarifies that the interruption had something to do with being "one of those 9-11 inside job guys."   Read More... Posted Jan 31 2008, 07:48 PM by Madeline Holler with | with no comments Filed under: Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, campaign ads, Democrats, debates, hecklers, tension

• Now Casting 'Election 2008: The Movie'

  Eventually, the 2008 Election is going to make a great epic movie. Sure, we don't yet know the ending. And yeah, so far the story centers mostly on the campaign and surprise Iowa win for a bi-racial Senator, and a pretty decent tearful plot-twist, courtesy of the ambitious, conniving, first woman to do anything important in this country ... ever! There's also the tension building over a New Hampshire comeback for the aging Republican stalwart. Comic relief/hints of horror from the fundamentalist Christian with populist appeal threatening the hopes and dreams of a Morman businessman with daddy issues. There's the 9-11 Mayor, the stinking rich son of a South Carolina mill worker and a second-rate actor on a ubiquitous television franchise to squeeze in there too.      Read More... Posted Jan 22 2008, 07:36 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Kucinich, GOP, Rudy Giuliani, conservative, women in politics, candidates, Bill Clinton, election, Giuliani, Clinton, South, New Hampshire, Edwards, Iowa, Mormonism, Mitt Romney, campaign trail, Bill Richardson, Democrats, John McCain, Fred Thompson, Barack Obama, Political Nanny, campaign, Huckabee, Mike Gravel, first-spouse, Richardson, Hunter, Dodd, Law and Order, caucus, South Carolina, Joe Biden, wga strike, obama, Slate, Nevada caucuses, Nevada, mike huckabee, celebrities, Election 2008: the movie, movies

• Hillary Talks Adultery, Body Image ... the Usual Campaign Stuff

  Cringe with Political Nanny and watch Hillary Clinton on the Tyra Banks Show. The candidate-once-scorned is explaining to Tyra how she felt when her husband cheated on her, the details of which became public 10 years ago this month. Happy anniversary! (Relive the historical highlights here.)  MORE AFTER THE JUMP Read More... Posted Jan 18 2008, 10:06 PM by Madeline Holler with | with no comments Filed under: Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, tears, Tyra Banks, body issues, adultery, JayZ, Miles Davis, iPods, Bach

• Candidates' Cribs: Their Digs, Pre-White House

  Readers, rest assured. The bad news from America's housing market won't leave any of the candidates without a very, very pleasant roof over their heads. But you're kind for caring. How about we take a peek at those roofs and do a little real estate market analysis, you know, on behalf of those candidates who don't manage the upgrade to something bigger and whiter. Read More... Posted Jan 17 2008, 05:10 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Kucinich, Hillary Clinton, candidates, Bill Clinton, Giuliani, Clinton, New Hampshire, Edwards, Mitt Romney, campaign trail, Ron Paul, Democrats, John McCain, Fred Thompson, Barack Obama, campaign issues, Political Nanny, campaign, 2008 election, Thompson, John Edwards, mortgage crisis, michelle obama, cnbc, homes, mother jones, mike huckabee

• Hillary: Send Me to Prison

  Hillary Clinton said in an interview that her dream would be to compete on America's Next Top Model.   Read More... Posted Jan 16 2008, 02:33 PM by Madeline Holler with | with no comments Filed under: GOP, Republican, conservative, gender card, women in politics, feminism, candidates, vote, Bill Clinton, media, election, Independent, Political Nanny Cam, Edwards, Mitt Romney, Bush, campaign trail, Democrats, John McCain, Barack Obama, voters, Political Nanny, campaign, 2008 election, McCain, government, poll, George W. Bush, John Edwards, South Carolina, mortgage crisis, policy, debates, Americans, war, campaign offices, women candidates, Oprah, War in Iraq, politico, talk show, late night, liberal, Nevada caucuses, Nevada, comeback, race, America's Next Top Model, Tim Russert, Tyra Banks, strenghts and weaknesses, NBC

• 'It's OK to be Different': Dems Turn the Page on Race Rant

  Political Nanny headed to the bookshelves and pulled out her heaviest hitters to cool down this simmering and saddening race/sex war on the Democratic campaign trail. For a recent storytime, she assembled her candidates and ...   Read More... Posted Jan 15 2008, 04:04 PM by Madeline Holler with | with no comments Filed under: Kucinich, conservative, gender card, Hillary Clinton, ballot, candidates, vote, Bill Clinton, labels, election, Clinton, Independent, South, primaries, Edwards, Democrats, John McCain, Barack Obama, campaign issues, voters, Political Nanny, campaign, Extra Cookie, 2008 election, McCain, Salon, children's literature, John Edwards, South Carolina, out of the mouths of candidates, policy, debates, undecided voters, politico, obama, NYTimes, ballots, musical chairs, Michigan, Nevada, comeback, race, TPM, AP

• Sensory Overload During N.H. Primary

  Seriously, Political Nanny is just waiting for a nationwide media meltdown. Reporters laying face down on the ground. Photographers throwing their equipment across the room. Candidates pounding their fists and bawling like babies. (That may have begun to happen already.) There's just so much going on, so much to say, so many ways to look at today's primaries in New Hampshire.   Read More... Posted Jan 08 2008, 04:07 PM by Madeline Holler with | with no comments Filed under: Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Clinton, primaries, New Hampshire, Edwards, Iowa, Barack Obama, Huckabee, McCain, John Edwards, polls, iowa caucus, running low on ballots, ballots, campaign trail of tears, surging

• Candidates, Political Nanny Loves You. Now Change!

  Over the past three months, Political Nanny has grown to love her lot of disagreeable, argumentative, name-calling, cackling, power-praying little presidential candidates. They're approaching the first of many back-to-back primary election milestones -- only three days until Iowa! -- but have already blossomed into tough and sturdy and, how shall we put this, flexible campaigners.   But could they be better? Oh, couldn't we all. In the spirit of starting anew, Political Nanny has made some resolutions for the campaigning men and woman of 2008.    Read More... Posted Dec 31 2007, 07:00 PM by Madeline Holler with | with no comments Filed under: Kucinich, GOP, Rudy Giuliani, Republican, Pat Robertson, gay rights, pro-choice, women in politics, feminism, Hillary Clinton, ballot, candidates, Bill Clinton, election, Giuliani, Clinton, primaries, New Hampshire, Edwards, Iowa, campaign ads, Mitt Romney, Bush, campaign trail, Paul's supporters, Ron Paul, Bill Richardson, Democrats, John McCain, focus groups, Fred Thompson, Barack Obama, campaign issues, voters, Political Nanny, campaign, 2008 election, Huckabee, Tancredo, Mike Gravel, first-spouse, Hunter, Dodd, Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff, government, parents, immigration, caucus, healthcare, John Edwards, South Carolina, mortgage crisis, heating oil, hunger in America, pandering, debates, YouTube, Americans, campaign offices, Joe Biden, women candidates, Oprah, proxy, religion and politics, Alan Keyes, fundraising, Ron Paul supporters, audience plants, republicans, iowa caucus

• Extra Cookies: Obama Gets High Praise for Telling Truth About Inhaling

  In New Hampshire, openly former-druggie-and-refreshingly-honest-about-it presidential candidate Barack Obama was asked whether, when smoking pot, he actually inhaled. He had this to say:   Read More... Posted Nov 26 2007, 07:02 AM by Madeline Holler with | with no comments Filed under: Bill Clinton, New Hampshire, Barack Obama, Extra Cookie, drug abuse, high school

• Nanny Cam: Caucusing is Easy. Watching a Self-Mocking Bill Clinton is Too.

  Political Nanny is embarrassed to admit that she has never really understood caucusing. Even those many years ago, when she nearly became a delegate in her home state’s very last presidential caucus ever (it later switched to primaries), she didn’t have a clue and was simply interested in following around this hot-headed, tight-panted young Democrat. But things didn't work out as planned, and, consequently, "attend caucus" will never be checked off her list. However, thanks to a self-depricating Bill Clinton and a pack of sweet & twangy, corn-fed Iowans, Political Nanny finally understands the caucus! Turns out ...   VIDEO AFTER JUMP    Read More... Posted Nov 16 2007, 10:33 AM by Madeline Holler with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Political Nanny Cam, Iowa, Democrats, caucus

• Top 10 Political Sex Scandals

  Because it’s titillating. Because it's what makes watching public life fun. Because it's Friday. We bring you naughty, naughty politics.     Read More... Posted Nov 08 2007, 12:37 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: sex scandals, Bill Clinton, Mark Foley, Schwarzenegger, Larry Craig, underage, pages