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Elizabeth Edwards testifies before US Senate on Funding The Cancer Fight, Healthcare reform

Elizabeth Edwards and Lance Armstrong are backing legislation sponsored by Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, R-Texas, that would create a more comprehensive approach to fighting cancer. Both testified before the U.S. Senate today on the importance of cancer research, prevention and treatment funding.

Christine-Modern English

Cindy McCain: Woman of the People.

(Credit to Talking Points Memo for the video.)

Cindy McCain doesn't feel it's necessary to release her tax information, because "[she's] not the candidate."

That sounds *almost* logical; except for the fact that John and she are married.  Which means that what is hers is his.  Based on common knowledge regarding how marriage works (at least among the unwashed masses types), they share everything they own.  In other words, despite their separate-filing status, he still, in all likelihood, makes use of the things that Cindy's money paid for.  Like the kitchen, and the food, and the toilets, and the beds, and the sofas, and chairs, and cars, and gardens, and serva-- uh, and the domestic help, and the private jet (because what beer baroness *doesn't* have a private jet, right?)

(ftr, I am merely speculating about the private-jet ownership by Cindy.  Who knows what she really owns, because she won't release her tax records.)

Doesn't that mean John's wealthy, too?  Where else did the man find the money to run for public office in the first place?

(This is all just me, thinking out loud, all crazy-like.  Because, lord knows, Lady Cindy has a perfect right to keep *her* tax information to her own damn self.  John's obviously planning this whole presidency business without including her.  As is typical of the extremely wealthy pandering populist kinda Republican that usually runs for the highest office in the land.

Next you'll tell me John and Cindy have separate bedroom suites in each of their residences.  Which sounds so totally like my neighborhood.  Minus the space to have one actual bedroom suite in any of the houses in my neighborhood, let alone two.  Oh, and minus the multiple-residence-having.  Also, minus the super-sweet fancy vaseline'd-camera-lense for those times when my neighbors are interviewed on national television about their stockpiled millions.  Except for all that, Cindy and John are just. like. us.)

MOMocrat Joanne visits XM Radio Again!

I'm excited that I'm going to have another chance to talk with Scott Walterman Monday morning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time on The Morning Briefing, on XM Radio Channel 130 -- P.O.T.U.S. '08!

I'll be chatting with Scott about the MOMocrats recent exclusive Q&A with Barack Obama, the Wall Street Journal and "mommybloggers" and lots of other presidential campaign goodness!

I hope you'll join me!

You can also find MOMocrat Joanne getting ready for her interview at her place, PunditMom.

MOMocrats Kristen & Liz on TV Today

MOMocrats Contributors Liz and Kristen will be appearing on The View From the Bay, a local San Francisco Talk Show at 3 pm Pacific this afternoon on ABC7 or on a live-stream here.  They won't be talking politics this time around, but will be talking about another topic near and dear to all MOMocrats' hearts:  Unique Mother's Day Gifts.  Tune in for tips on cool gifts to shower your MOMocrat with this Mother's Day.

Wonder if they will feature the SnapTotes Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton purses?  Those are sure to be on all our wishlists.

 

Frank Rich's Take on the ABC-Moderated Debate.

Frank gets it right:

"[...] Such defacing of American values is to be expected, I guess, from a network whose debate moderators refuse to wear flag pins."

A John Edwards Endorsement...

...of Kawasaki jet-skis. Psych!

He was on The Colbert Report last night, and killed. I mean, comedy chops like nobody's business. (It was a heavy hitters of the Democratic Party trifecta: Clinton and Obama also made appearances. Clinton started off the show.)

Edwards stood up for the white male voter and his neglected interests. Take a look:

Obama closed out the show.

And there was more substance and issues, if not a smattering information on candidates' platforms, in six minutes and thirty on The Colbert Report than in ten times that on the ABC "debate" the night before. You know, the debate where the viewer had to bring all the substance?

Cynematic's personal blog is P i l l o w b o o k.

Keith Olbermann's "Special Comment"

MOMocrat Joanne (aka PunditMom) on XM Radio on Tuesday Morning!

Well, it looks like my political nerdiness and geekdom have finally come in handy.

I've been invited to be on XM Radio tomorrow morning on the POTUS '08 channel (for those less geeky than me -- President of the United States '08) to talk about the MOMocrats and the issues we're talking about in our little corner of the blogosphere!

If you're an early bird, I'm scheduled to be on with Scott Walterman at 7:30 a.m. Eastern time!

MOMocrats in the News

MOMocrats Sheila and Stefania were prominently featured in the KPIX San Francisco Bay Area CBS affiliate's 6 pm news broadcast on March 5, 2008.  You can view the video here.  They did a great job representing the MOMocrats!

A few corrections to the report:

• MOMocrats.com is not officially endorsing either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.  Each individual contributor is expressing her own views on who the Democratic nominee should be, and there is no consensus. 
• The original MOMocrats supported John Edwards, but not all of the current contributors were Edwards supporters.
• Although the blog was founded by two moms from Palo Alto and one mom from Menlo Park, California, our contributors are from all over the United States.  We welcome contributions and comments from all over the country and the world.