>I don't think I've even seen a picture of Bernie's wife and
>kids. Not even entirely sure that he HAS kids (think so).

Usually kids don't feature too heavily, but they usually show up somewhere. I remember a big thing years ago with one of Rick Santorum's kids getting clearly bored at one of his speeches. Malia and Sasha Obama were all over the news in 2008. Usually there's an unwritten code to only say positive things about candidates' kids, but it doesn't always hold up. I seem to remember Chelsea Clinton was going through some awkward years in '92, and some really ugly things were said.