Men prepare for the world of politics on the ball field, in the boardroom or on a bloodstained battleground far from home, horrors seared on their hearts, souls and sometimes their skin. Women prepare someplace far tougher.

The PTA.

Sarah Palin, the GOP's pick for vice president, is hardly the first mother to join the PTA and suddenly discover the politics in her blood. And sometimes the blood in her politics.

"I was just your average hockey mom and signed up for the ...

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