How do you think the news of Palins pregnant teenage daughter is going to play with voters?
Kellerman: It’s a double bind for Palin and how she’s judged as a parent. On one hand, she’s standing by her pro-life beliefs and encouraging her daughter to keep the baby. But on the other hand, there’s the question of why her daughter is pregnant in the first place? It really depends on how it’s handled. If she says she supports her daughter, is very open and honest, and the daughter marries the father, she could say it’s a triumph. But if there’s a more surreptitious, unwholesome aura about it, like the rumors about John Edwards fathering a child, then that’s a different situation. It’s not only the deed but also how she handles it as a mother that is going to be judged. Palin has, in the past, been a supporter of abstinence education. Do you think her daughter’s pregnancy makes it more difficult for her to support that position? We know so little about this woman that we’re certainly not prepared to say where her stance on sex education is going to go, or how McCain’s policy will b
