Just Don't Leave Bill Alone With the Babysitters

Ice Queen and the Snowman

I wonder if this is even legal?

Meet Hillary Clinton's secret weapon in Iowa: baby-sitters.

In Thursday's caucuses, it all comes down to getting out the vote. And Clinton is going to the extremes, even lining up baby-sitters and day care centers for caucus-going moms.

She is locked in a tight race with Democratic rivals Barack Obama and John Edwards. Securing every extra vote in a race in which fewer than 50,000 people may show up will be the difference between a momentum-building win or a humbling defeat.

The Clinton campaign is opening day care centers across the state, including three in Des Moines, and has enlisted a legion of teenage girls to render their tyke-watching services.

Surely daycare centers must be licensed by the state.

Is the campaign doing any background checks on these babysitters?

What about liability in the event of an accident?

Seems to me this is just another cheesy gimmick by the Clintons.

From a commenter at the Daily News.

Bulzeye Jan 2, 2008 9:12:13 AM

ONLY a democrat would be stupid enough to leave their children with a complete stranger provided by a campaign from a party that supports felon voting rights, the ACLU and the rights of child molesters at every turn (except maybe at election time.) Don't come crying when your children are abused- blame yourself and remember you are a democratic supporter.