Question of the day, well sort of

As I was watching Sarah Palin's speech last night, yes I watched, don't ask me why, I started to wonder a few things? First, how could anyone ever think that she would attract the same voters that Clinton did? Two, is Todd Palin afraid to hold the baby too long as at the beginning of the speech he was holding the baby, but then after a few minutes he gave the baby to the youngest daughter? One of the older daughter is usually holding the baby, but this time the baby was given to the youngest daughter who looked like she was all of 8 or 9, but I am not sure how old she is really. Three and most seriously, I know that Palin's oldest son will be serving in Iraq soon and Biden's son is serving in Iraq, so are either of these children actually put in any kind of danger? Are they like Prince William (I believe that is the right royal son) who served in the military and even we sent overseas, but was also carefully guarded and never really on the front lines. So are sons and daughters of Congress people, governors and other high profile political officials actually placed in harms way or are they very protected in what duties they serve even if they are sent overseas? I honestly do not know the answer to this question and am not trying to be a smartass, I really did start to wonder about this last night, aske GG I asked her the same question last night.