(1) Nobody, male or female, married or single, young or old, tall or short, educated or not, pretty or plain, wealthy or poor, with kids or without, can have it all — neither in the very narrow way Slaughter defines “it,” nor in the broader context of life.

(2) Recognizing this makes people happier! In fact, the people who accept this don’t lie awake at night wondering why they’ve been handed the keys to the palace but the gilded moldings just aren’t sparkly enough.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/06/why-theres-no-such-thing-as-having-it-all-and-there-never-will-be/258928/

Moreover, at the level of governor, more issues become relevant… Tavares’s refusal to marry his child’s mother; the enthusiasm of the pro-abortion crowd for Raimondo.

Overall, though, prognosticating on the campaign of 2014 is only a little less improbable than prognosticating on the weather that autumn.

#5 That’s always the story. The elders get conservative in their old age, trying to keep what’s theirs, and feeling as though the country’s going to hell. It was that way when I was a kid too, and before my generation as well. Yest, who would have ever thought that ex-hippies would vote for Romney, but many will–it’s such an extreme care, it proves the point.

#7 All I can say is, I have taught high school for 28 years…

All that said, both these individuals are smart enough to analyze their own electibilty in a potential matchup at the appropriate time, so the race may not occur. It is also an interesting footnote that the current Governor rarely factors into discussions about the next election, except as a footnote.