GOP VP Nominee: Mom of Five, Including 4-Month-Old
At 44, she’s the first female governor of Alaska.
She used to be a TV sports reporter.
She played girls basketball and is into outdoorsy kinds of things, like hunting.
She has five kids, including a 4-month-old with Down Syndrome.
She calls herself a “hockey mom.”
And today, GOP presidential nominee John McCain picked her, Sarah Palin, as his vice presidential running mate.
It will be interesting to see how much her motherhood and her baby play into the media coverage of her selection. Barack Obama has two little girls — ages 7 and 10 — but his wife and his mother-in-law are taking care of them while he’s out on the campaign trail. Will Palin’s husband garner the type of coverage Michelle Obama gets when it comes to issues of balancing work and family? This, my friends, is going to be very, very interesting.
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