Where do I sign?

My late mom and dad, welcoming us home after we moved back from Texas in 1992.

The extremely colorful Arianna Huffington substituted for the Valley's own Rachel Maddow on MSNBC tonight, a show we seem to watch every night, and gave what I hope will be an influential pitch encouraging Barack Obama's mother-in-law Marian Robinson to move with the family to the White House.



Here's how Huffington puts it on her blog at The Huffington Post:

"My favorite story of the week was the news that Michelle Obama's mother will be coming to live with the first family in the White House -- there to help Malia and Sasha make the transition to a new school, new friends, and the presidential spotlight. As my own mother lived with us -- a soulful presence in my daughters' life - I know firsthand there is nothing like a Yaya (Greek for grandmother). "First Granny" Marian Robinson's White House move provides a powerful teachable moment for America, offering the perfect solution to both our nation's child care crisis, and the cultural black mark of abandoning our seniors in old age homes."

Classic.

Huffington suggested she might start a petition saying, "We want a granny in the White House." Where do I sign? I look at family groups spanning three generations with great wistfulness now that both my mom and dad are dead. I won't be in a group like that again, I think, until I become a grandmother probably. On a related note, what I have found most intriguing about Sarah Palin is how often you see her with her kids, especially Piper. (YES! a chance to post a Piper pic.)