still with me, rebecca walker, eva moskowitz, maria cordova and bill schneider is joining us. talking about the challenge of parenting and motherhood. what about the politics of it? what kinds of moms are the moms that candidates start thinking, this is the category i want to talk to and how do they talk to them? >> younger moms, they tend to be independent, they tend to be open to new ideas in politics. a lot of younger moms are single, and they rely on the safety net, which is why most of the time they vote democratic. the safety net is a crucial issue to young mothers and in 0 2004 so was national security. a lot of them voted for george w. bush we called them security mo moms because they thought he could protect their families. >> a different way of thinking about moms. on the question of single parenthood the. we were looking at the census numbers, an $800 payment gap between men's and women's earnings. if you are a single parent, if you have the college education and that, you are looking for a real gap. that's why you need the soishl safety net. >> yes. what's so ironi