Battle of the Moms

Kathleen Gingrich

Mother of Newt Gingrich

Nickname: "Kit"

Resume: Airport mechanic

Age at First Marriage: 16

Length of First Marriage: 3 days (divorced)

Total Marriages: Two

Talkative?: Told Connie Chung that her son called Hillary Rodham Clinton "a bitch."

Reaction to Criticism of Son: "Newtie says it goes with politics. Some of these things have upset me, but he says, 'Mother, that's part of it."'

Virginia Kelley

Late mother of Bill Clinton

Nickname: "Dado"

Resume: Nurse anesthetist

Age at First Marriage: 20

Length of First Marriage: 2 yrs. 8 months (widowed)

Total Marriages: Five (to four men)

Talkative: "God knows what ((Chung)) could have gotten my mother to say." -- Clinton

Reaction to Criticism of Son: "I . . . tune in to see what awful thing Bob Dole has said about my son ... Bill's above this sort of thing, but I'm keeping a list."