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What Will the Obama Marriage Look Like After the White House?

Jodi Kantor’s wonderful and voyeuristic reported treatise on the Obama marriage runs in the New York Times Magazine this weekend. It’s absolutely worth the time to delve into the personal insights (and funny audio!) Kantor squeezes out of interviews with friends and associates of the Obamas, many of whom are now co-workers of the world-famous couple. My favorite: senior adviser Valerie Jarrett channeling a frazzled, midnight-grocery-shopping Barack, on the phone with a put-out Michelle, chanting “‘I’ll make it work,’… “ ‘We can make it work. I’ll do more’” ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX.)

A Very Brady Election

Emily, you and Michelle Obama aren't the only ones who love The Brady Bunch. As I read that nugget in Jodi Kantor's New York Times story this morning, I couldn't help thinking about another politician with a Brady connection.

Allow me to quote from that oracle of our modern age, Wikipedia. This is from the entry on Louisiana's current governor:

According to family lore, Jindal adopted the name "Bobby" from the character Bobby Brady after watching The Brady Bunch television series at age four. He has been known by that name ever since-as a civil servant, politician, student,and writer--though legally his name remains Piyush Jindal.

C'mon, John McCain, please name Gov. Bobby Jindal to be your running mate!