This week over yet?

Emily:
She's still been coughing up a storm, but seems to be slowly getting better. Speaking of storms, it started raining and thundering a little last night, so she got to have a slumber party with us. I was at work until late last night, so I didn't get to see her much.

Leslie:
Apparently everybody she sees is now telling her, "wow, you look REALLY pregnant now!" Always a good pick-me-up :)

Pete:
This morning was my first "official" marathon training day, and I failed pretty good. I made it to my fourth mile, then had to walk a bit, then slowly crept back up to pace... If this is any indication of how the 16 weeks are going to go, I'm in for a bit of trouble...

The only thing I hadn't watched on my iphone was meet the press from before the Iowa caucuses. NBC must have known something with both the winners on the show before the polls opened.. I think it was rigged :)

After watching Huckabee and Obama during that show, I noted Huckabee posturing fear, Obama hope. I remember a man who thinks he's smart telling me those are the two biggest selling points for a candidate, just depends on how you want to approach it. You can reach most voters with one of those options, because it sparks emotional responses. My question is this, if everybody KNEW that those were the two biggest selling points for candidates to choose from, and then revolve every answer around that common idea, would anybody REALLY choose fear? I mean, I guess I can understand not having the objective perspective of seeing the overall message and just reacting to a fear message by thinking, "wow, I never really thought that if I didn't vote for this guy/girl, the world would come to an end," but knowing that they use this tactic, is there anybody out there who would really choose fear over hope? I'm not trying to be cute either, honest question.. Anybody?

And as long as this continues the way it has been, Oprah needs to add the "candidate club" in addition to her book club. When she speaks the name of a candidate, they're a number one sell... Hey Oprah, on your next show, can you just mention that Pete Liesenfeld needs a million bucks? That should do just fine.