With the kerfluffle about Ms Rosen's intemperate remarks, I wonder what "stay at home dads" have to say. What is the over / under on how soon we see a story polling their reactions?
Also, as an aside to Mrs. Les, I think there is more subtlety behind the scenes....while my spouse and I both work for pay outside the home, we both have been very hands-on inside the home as well. Each of us has made arrangements (at some financial sacrifice) to work from the home for pay as well, so that we could be around in the formative years and have flexibility to switch from one to the other as needed. Fortunately for us, each of us has a niche skill for which others are willing to pay a decent enough wage that we could still pay the mortgage and put food on the table. Each of us made less money than we could have, and luckily for us our children have grown up to be competent capable self-reliant people. While won't have much of a retirement, at least we'll have fond memories to comfort us when the bankrupt government healthcare system pumps us full of "palliative care."
The question for us was never "whether" it was "who" and "how much" and "which one" and "when." The Romneys were fortunate that they could have a skewed distribution compared to most folks. I don't resent them for that.
PS Perhaps Obama's declaration that family should be off-limits indicates that he realizes how unpopular Michele is in some quarters? Maybe he suspects that if you go after one spouse, you are opening it up for them to go after your spouse too? If you are going to criticize Ann Romney for only working inside the home without pay, how do you feel about Michele having taxpayers pay her travel and security costs for her overseas shopping spree, or her [blah blah blah on and on and on]....see what I mean? Maybe it's pre-emptive defense?