and it never got quite unawkward. >> those headlines got tougher when his father became embroiled inersy and eventually left the bush white house. >> i just wanted to have a girlfriend and go to a football game like any normal kid does, never mind try to deal with politics. if anything that's where i said, look, i'm never doing this political thing. >> until he did. his office is the same one his dad used more than 30 years ago, but sununu says his political inspiration actually came from his other parent. >> my mom was on the school board i think before my dad even got involved in politics. i mean that was really my intro to politic. my mom would bring us over to the library, kelly library in salem, new hampshire. i'd sit on the floor and color and then would go. but that was the whole process. if you have eight kids here's a good idea, get on the school board. >> sununu and his wife valery are now raising three children of their own. he says he makes a point to build family time into his schedule, even hanging homemade halloween decorations. this is no joke. >> oh, yeah. >> this is