a toothy smile for Prez!

Gene Cizauskas - that's my mother - just asked me to tell the internet that she likes

Barack Obama's smile. It's a whole-hearted, toothy smile ... not that smirk we have to endure from the White House these days.

So there!

And that—among other things—should make for an interesting primary season.

Mom's for Obama; one of my brothers supports Edwards; my sister is for Richardson;Yours for Good Fermentables announced for Clinton last year.

An idealist; a populist; an internationalist; a pragmatist.

To the right of the Obama bumper sticker, the "LT" decal is my mother's proud affirmation of her Lithuanian-American heritage.