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"Four Questions For: Chrissy Coppa, Glamour&amp;#x27;s Storked blogger and fabulously cute mother of JD Chrissy, 27, is one of Glamour&amp;#x27;s other glamorous bloggers, having begun as a writer for the magazine in 2005. She chronicles her experiences as a single mother on her blog Storked (and has been doing so since she was merely an expectant mother last summer). Check out what she has to say as we await the returns from Kentucky and Oregon! Megan: Has being a mom made you more political? Chrissy: Yes! Health care is a huge issue for me. $177 dollars is deducted from every paycheck to cover JD. The coverage is EXCELLENT, but $354 a month is a big expense for a single income family. Everything from my first prenatal visit to my c-section.... JD has a well-checkup every two months and my copay is just five bucks. When the statements from my health plan come in the mail I see that a not-even fifteen minute visit cost $125.00 and that&amp;#x27;s not counting immunizations which are an epic expense. I don&amp;#x27;t collect child support (since JD&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;father&amp;quot; decided not to participate in his life and quite honestly NEVER offered to help out), so everything is on me and I&amp;#x27;m surviving, but, man, universal health care would be huge and something I never worried about prior to getting pregs. After all, I&amp;#x27;m covered via my job. I wonder about young single moms without a college degree and potential to earn and I really do feel for them, because I have a nice income, but it&amp;#x27;s still hard. Megan: What is the word on the playground&amp;amp;#8212;who has got the single mom vote this year? Any sense of that? Chrissy: The last thing I overheard on the playground was a mom telling another mom her recipe for mac-n-cheese. Sometimes I think the other moms assume I am JD&amp;#x27;s Nanny who goes to college and is trying to make extra money. I do look young, even though I am 27 (which I don&amp;#x27;t really consider young to be a mom). No one really talks to me. True story. I should poll more moms for you on this topic. We do go to the park every night, weather permitting. I did ask some of my readers, though, and Sonya, 26, the mother of a 4-year-old daughter said &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m backing Barack Obama because he radiates sincerity. He&amp;#x27;s not the typical politician in my eyes. Sure, he&amp;#x27;s a polished and powerful speaker, but it&amp;#x27;s more than that. His proposals on immigration, health care, the war, fall right in line with what I feel. So add his views to his messages of change and hope and I feel that this country can turn the page from Bush and his shenanigans. His campaign is completely grassroots. Plus, Obama.Is.Hot&amp;quot; Megan: Are you dating? How do politics play out in that scenario? Chrissy: I don&amp;#x27;t date. I should start. That said, a male acquaintance recently told me America is not ready for a woman president and it kind of made me want to burn my bra. However, at this point I&amp;#x27;m backing Obama. He&amp;#x27;s made healthcare a priority and yeah, okay, had an absent father but turned out okay, er, there&amp;#x27;s hope for JD. Megan: Who is JD backing? Chrissy: I mentioned this on Storked! JD is a giggle fest when I say &amp;quot;O-ba-MA! O-ba-MA! O-ba-MA!&amp;quot; He acts the same when I smell something and declare, &amp;quot;You&amp;#x27;re a poo-poo machine!&amp;quot; Many thanks Chrissy for taking some time to talk to me! How do you think your personal experiences are shaping your political leanings this season? &amp;amp;#8212;Megan"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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