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Smart Bombs: Private lives. Public office

Are the family lives of politicians a factor for you as a voter? Do you respond positively when you see those smiling faces on TV, mailers and billboards? Should the media accept the family narrative put out by campaigns, or report things the candidates would rather you didn't know about their personal lives?

That was the theme of Saturday's Smart Bombs.

Character, we're told, is revealed when nobody is looking. How voters can discern that without looking is a challenge all politicians face.

What do you think?

P.S. This is none of your business, but my son (11) graduated to black belt in karate on Friday night. So did the daughter of an occasional commenter on this site. But I'll leave it to him to come forward as the proud father.

What a night!

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