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So they have jumped at the chance to glad-hand voters, kiss babies, and hobnob with activists at backyard barbecues and meetups at the chain of Pizza Ranch restaurants that have become an Iowa campaign staple.

From Washington Times • Sep. 10, 2023

“You just want to shake hands and kiss babies and sign autographs and do all that stuff.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2022

Regarding Monica Hesse’s May 14 Style column, “Politicians kiss babies, then kiss off their mothers”:

From Washington Post • May 24, 2022

Politicians kiss babies and eat pork chops on a stick at the Iowa State Fair; Oscar contenders pick at passed sashimi and answer identical questions about their “process.”

From The New Yorker • Feb. 19, 2017

Well, they don't let anybody kiss babies that way now.

From The Man in Lonely Land by Bosher, Kate Langley