Nodding in NOLA

Dems v. Repubs (The PR Edition)

Number of attractive, minor daughters available for photo-ops, “Awwww”-inducements and kids-say-the-darndest-things type interviews:
Dems: 2 Repubs: 4

Number of differently-abled children available for portraits of courage/heroism/bravery-in-the-face-of-adversity vignettes:
Dems: 0 Repubs: 1

Number of strapping young boys serving in the armed forces—the better to refute the old-white-men-shipping-other-people’s-sons-off-to-die argument:
Dems:N/A  Repubs:3

Number of flashily-dressed, eye-catching spouses, with fashion sense tweaked to appeal to base:
Dems:1 Repubs:1

Number of experienced, voice-of-wisdom candidates:
Dems:1 Repubs:1

Number of young, demographic-shift candidates:
Dems:1 Repubs:1

Number of candidates who copped to cannabis:
Dems:1 Repubs:1


NUmber of women on the ticket:
Dems:0 Repubs:1

Number of men on the ticket:
Dems:2 Repubs:1

Number of non-whites on the ticket:
Dems:1 Repubs:0

Number of candidates technically in the middle-class (as defined by tax returns and familial holdings):
Dems:1 Repubs:1

Number of candidates whose political stance on abortion puts them at odds with their church’s stance:
Dems:1 Repubs:0

Number of potentially precedent-setting candidates:
Dems:1 Repubs:1

This race just became interesting.