The Election Gets D-Listed

Mitt Romney

Donny and Marie Osmond
While neither Donny nor Marie has donated to the Romney campaign, the Osmonds had nothing but nice things to say about their fellow Mormon on a November edition of "Larry King Live." Donny, whose newest album, "Love Songs of the '70s," peaked at no. 27 on the Billboard charts in May, told King that Romney's candidacy has been "absolutely wonderful for the Mormon Church." Marie, who is courting a career comeback after her stint on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," is also a Romney fan. But, truth be told, Osmond says her ideal candidate isn't even running: "We want a woman president. You know we have a guy running who is a Mormon. And we want an African-American president. So I say let's vote for [Mormon singer] Gladys Knight. She encompasses all of it."

Ann Coulter, talking head
The best-selling author of "How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)" and "If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans" is a Romney fan. What attracts the conservative talking head to the former Massachusetts governor? Well, it has something to do with those pesky Democrats: "[Romney] tricked liberals [in Massachusetts] into voting for him. I like a guy who hoodwinks liberals so easily."

Fred Thompson

Pat Sajak, "Wheel of Fortune" host
In an essay for conservative Web site HumanEvents.com, Sajak wrote in November that "if any group of citizens is uniquely unqualified to tell someone else how to vote, it's those of us who live in the sheltered, privileged arena of celebrityhood." Sajak may not put much stock in the rest of Hollywood's political judgment, but he apparently trusts his own: he endorsed fellow Tinseltown resident Fred Thompson on the "Sajak Says" section of his personal Web site. Why Thompson? Sajak admired Thompson's decision to announce his candidacy on Jay Leno, rather than through The New York Times.

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