2008 election

“Rosa sat, so Martin could walk. Martin walked, so Obama could run. Obama [ran], so our children can fly.”

Over the summer, I took eight-year-old PunditGirl to see the Meet Kit, American Girl movie.

For the uninitiated, Kit is the Depression-era girl whose dad loses his job, moves away to look for work and the family ends up taking in boarders and keeping chickens to sell eggs to make ends meet.

If you want straight answers to straight questions, then Elizabeth Edwards is your gal.

After hearing her speak at last week's BlogHer conference, I know if she was the one running for president, she would be getting my vote -- hands down.

Not only is she exquisitely tuned in to the issues many of us think are the most important ones, she knows something else that seems to elude most office seekers -- if you want support from women, you need to make connections.