Because my daughter wants to fill his shoes.

Item 1: We were in the store a week or so back and strolled through the Halloween isle.  Leah stopped to take note of the masks of present political leaders.  She pointed to Obama, “There’s the Daddy” and the pointed to Hilary “There’s the Mommy” and then stopped at Bill Clinton’s mask. Finally, she said, “There’s the Grandpa.”

Item 2: Leah and I were in the car and, since we only get AM in the car, we were listening to Tom Becka. Becka was simply reporting about a certain third-party candidate coming to town.  I was barely listening, but as I pulled the car up in front of the house, Leah asked, “Who’s Alf Tater?” I had to think and then realized what she was talking about. “I think you mean Ralph Nadar.“