Candidate caregiving

December

Hillary Clinton’s mother lives with her. So does Senator Joe Biden’s.

Until I read this “story”:http://www.aarp.org/bulletin/yourlife/candidates_as_caregivers.html in the current AARP Bulletin, I didn’t really think of assessing the presidential candidates on the basis of how they’ve handled their own caregiving situations with their parents.

But I think it offers a peek into a part of their lives most of us know little about.

Would a candidate’s personal experiences with his or her parents affect how you might vote?

This entry was posted on Friday, December 7th, 2007 at 3:39 pm by Linda Lombroso.
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3 Responses to “Candidate caregiving”

Elizabeth December 9th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
I don’t think it would affect my vote, but, it’s interesting to note.
GinaNY December 10th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
It might affect my vote, depending on the family situation – for example, if she directly cared for her mother or had other people do it – with any politician I would weigh the ‘strategy’ of how they play anything they do, including caring for parents
Doreen B. December 10th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
I agree with Gina – you have to believe that any politician or candidate for major office has to hire people to care for their loved ones. Not only are they never around because of their schedules, but they generally have greater financial means to do it – you or I would take care of our parent personally – they probably have a staff and moved Mom into a separate wing…

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