[17th Miss Regt]

There was a time when having a baby out of wedlock would be enough to end someone’s political career.

Yep. Blast from the past (19th century): "Ma, ma, where's my pa? Gone to the White House, haw, haw, haw!"

[Dilbert San Diego]

True enough. It didn’t always end a career..

I should rephrase, and say, it was scandalous at one time to father a baby out of wedlock. Grover Cleveland survived his scandal.