The “Change We Can Believe In” camp is starting to seem like the Clinton years 2.O. Tom Daschle? Nice guy, we suppose, but he ain’t new or innovative or anything we’d expect from the Obama folks who campaigned on business NOT as usual.

C’mon people. New blood, innovation. This is not a time to sink into the mediocre abyss of the past. Pick folks that are talented, interesting and outside the box, not party insiders. Otherwise, you just look so lame and like another politician who can’t live up to his rhetoric.

Thus far, your cabinet seems hugely underwhelming. BE ORIGINAL. CHOOSE WISELY, OBE WON. Safe is the new loser.

We hear that Obammy is up with another original idea, grabbing another Clinton era relec to be his new attorney general. If change has come to America, it looks…..rather than same. We figured the gassy rhetoric was just that.

As for Holder, the facial hair is not working on him at all. He’s like a fake Steadman Graham. If he is selected and confirmed, then we recommend a power shave. Otherwise, he’s like the black John Holmes and we’re gonna have to keep callling him Supa-Fly, as we did during the Clinton years.

Don’t throw tomatoes at us, but…….

If Obama has any sense, he’ll pick  Hillary as his secretary of state. It will appease those liberal ladies who loved her and were lukewarm on him. And it will show he’s hoping to bring his party together. Lots of fractures in there, unseen but there.

She’d be really good on a lot of levels. He’s gotta have a chick and it might as well be a smart one with some experience. Plus, it’s a two-fer. For right or wrong, he gets Bill and that dude certainly holds a lot of goodwill abroad, where we need it most.

Do the right thing, dude. She’d probably be really good at it and add to your all-star team.

Hey, at least Obama has good taste in help. While we had previously dismissed him as a Clinton operative — cue gag reflex — we do have to say that the new White House chief of staff is kinda hottie.

Seriously. Most of the Hill types are duller than dirt and as festive as beige, but this guy is cute. Plus, there is the added bonus that his brother sparked the character Ari from the HBO show “Entourage.” Ari is the our favorite character on TV, so much so that in our diva lair, we call it “The Ari Show.”

We look forward to seeing future members of the cabinet. We hope they are similarly attractive. Because looking good is governing good… or something like that. 

We’re trying to be hopeful. We really are.

While we generously give Michelle Obama a B-minus on her unusual red and black dress, our pal Court throws up a C-minus, saying she just didn’t get it.

We do give the Obama family props for their fashion coordination, down to Barack’s red tie. A little matchy, yes, but overall, they looked good up there as a unit. Confidence is always THE BEST accessory.

We are supersad to learn that Barack Obama’s grandmother passed away today from cancer in Hawaii. We are saddened that she died the day before the big election. How hurt he must be, even though he can’t really let down his guard and he campaigns — too much at stake.

We wish him and his family peace.

We loved John McCain on “Saturday Night Live.” He was more open and funnier than we expected. The bit about a “Republican without money” Sublime. Loved the blank plates. Obama shoulda done the townhalls with him, providing a better contrast.

Supercool that his little blonde wife (LBW) came on as the QVC presenter. Ya know, if she wasn’t already so darned rich, she kinda looks like a QVC presenter. Following along with that note…. why hasn’t she spiked his campaign with the big bucks to make up for the Obama windfall? Just curious. 

We think the polls are capturing a close race based on individual voters, but it’s the electoral college that will kill McCain on Tuesday.

Whew…..it’s almost over. Be cooler if it were more of a horserace. Some Senate and House seats will certainly provide that action, tho. November 5th will probably be a tough day to be a Republican, we surmise.

First he kicks reporters off of his plane. Not just any reporters. Three from the New York Post, the Dallas Morning News and The Washington Times. All of them had traveled with the campaign for months. And he gives their seats away frivolously to folks like Jet magazine and documentary filmmakers, as well as broadcast stars. Those publications, by the way, had all endorsed McCain.

Not so transparent, huh?  We hate it when candidates behave this way. It’s pathetic and so base. What an incredible turnoff. If you were on the fence before, this is good enough to cause you to flip.

Then, if that stunt wasn’t bad enough, he yells at the media for shooting footage of him escorting his little daughter to a Halloween party near his Chicago home. Dude, any hope of anonymity is over. You wanna be president, your private life is pretty much done for the next four years. Sure, it’s cool that you are hanging with your little girl, but to tell the press to go away and then take off running. How inelegant! 

We think your conduct in both these instances has been hardly presidential and very cheesy.

Think of all the good it would have done people who are suffering in this economy if Obama had spent that money on help and not on some infomerical… which was boring.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

And allow us to say that it seemed utterly ridiculous, if not pompous. Plus, he lied about the campaign finance stuff. 

There ya go……nuff said.

We secretly want to be Amy Winehouse, but we’re not skinny enough to pull off the heroin-chic. We need better ideas, other than princess. We are that nearly every year.

Wonder who Marie Osmond uses as a plastic surgeon? Cause it’s super great work.

The tragedy that has befallen Jennifer Hudson is too much for anyone to take. We feel so bad for her and her family. Anyone who could shoot a 7-year-old boy in the head deserves the reaches of hell.

Are there gray hairs in the Barack Obama head? Some of his handlers need to break out the hair club for men. We don’t need a youthful prez with a headfull of gray, ya know . It kinda kills the buzz. We dug the photos of him in Hawaii wearing jeans and sandals. So modern.

We secretly wish Annie Liebowitz would take photos of us. She’s genius.

Saving Abel is our new fave band. We LOVE them and you should, too.

In our quieter moments we are thinking of our troops overseas. We hope you never forget them either. They deserve our ongoing prayers.

The latest victims of Chicago’s ongoing murder spell are sadly the mother and brother of singer/actress Jennifer Hudson. We feel bad for her, but we do hope the publicity these murders generate helps to spur the city to get ahold of its crime rate and fight back harder against the gun and gang violence that has plagued certain areas of the city.

This is Chicago’s South Side, Barack Obama’s home turf. It has also made the city the murder capital of the nation. The (fairly) new police chief seems to be in trouble there, as murders have spiked under his watch. If city lawmakers weren’t outraged before, they ought to be now.

Did we mention Miss Hudson’s nephew is apparently missing — he’s 7. Good news, tho. The thug life who shot them is now in custody. We sure hope they find the little boy alive.

A very tragic story…..we send our diva condolences to Jennifer.

McCain should  have used the S word a long time ago. Sure Obama says he’ll cut taxes — just not for people who are successful. What about people who don’t pay taxes? So, he’ll just cut them a check for being LOSERS? We thought welfare reform was something agreed upon long ago — and is working, at least somewhat.

Republicans ought to be a lot madder than they are. Shocking the malaise.

Socialism, marxism even…..Watch how many corporations take their business overseas because of this tax scheme.

We are moving into our closet where it’s pretty and happy and not dreadful. Obamaland scares us. It really does. Joe the plumber ought to be scared as hell, too.

You know whose style we love. Kate Middleton, Prince William’s English rose slampiece. She gets it right a lot. So naturally pretty and real looking. We bet he closes this deal. We hope so. We can’t wait to watch the wedding. Those royals still know how to throw a party.

There is a cool story about her in this month’s Vanity Fair. That mag lost us for a time but we are squarely back and loving it. You should check it out.

Travis Barker is out of the burn unit and home. We hope he continues to heal on all levels. We wish he and Shanna could reunite. We are nothing if not a romantic. Bahahahahahahaaaaaa.

If Jen Aniston hooks up again with John Mayer she has poor judgment. Mayer is a 30-something boy and we aren’t impressed. All we’re sayin’…..

We thought Obama and McCain were truly funny at the Al Smith hoopty dinner last nite in New York. Have ya seen the video? McCain made Hillary laugh really hard. Now that’s something. Watch em.

We probably will see the film “W.” Even though we are not a Bush-hater like most everyone.

Let us start the countdown clock now on Madonna and A-Rod and their first public appearance. After the legal eagles have carved up her fortune and the kiddies.

Man, if Brangelina split, that would be one fearsome custody battle, no?

Maureen Orth is the best journalist working, to our mind.

Martha Stewart has a brindled French bulldog named Francesca Blackbird, which is the sweetest name ever. He’s in Vanity Fair, too.

We are starting to think you get better service and treatment on Greyhound versus any airline. The help is pathetic. No wonder they are all falling into bankruptcy.

We have seen so much poll data lately and one thing we can’t reconcile is that there are vast differences for support in this presidential election?

We know polling is a dicey thing…. but what if this election was really two points apart among likely voters as a new poll is suggesting. That is within the polling margin of error. 

Our pals have been asking and now we are wondering. Perhaps this is not shaping up to be the Obama runaway victory that many suspect? It depends on who goes out and votes if you take into account the demographic breakdown of support for Obama and McCain.

That would be the shocker of the decade, no?

We have an odd feeling that something is abrew.

So Barack Obama is The One.

We thought WE were The One.

AS IF.

Easy on the “my friends” admonition, because it makes you sound like a creepy grandpa. Just a word of knowledge for John McCain. 

Otherwise, we think the GOP nominee did a decent job in the debate, better than we expected, but not nearly forceful enough to score votes. America wants a leader with balls. Seize the day, make us feel led! You want to defeat this cult of personality. TAKE EFFIN CHARGE.

The more debates we have, the more we disagree with Sen. Obama, so at least they are doing something to crystalize our well-informed diva opinion. Nothing against Obama, but his foreign policy is insanely naive. His command of finance is also dim. We need Donald Trump and a couple other folks out there to analyze his policies. We can only imagine what they’d say.

Obama looks good, tho, an attractive young man but too youngish to make us respect him on the issues. And if he wins, we hope he’s a fast learner and we also hope he surrounds himself with people who know better (and more than Joe Biden).

McCain should be meaner, ya know. Cause it’s down to just a few weeks before the election and it’s time to stop being so statesman and time to start making sharper differences. He is right about Putin. That dude is lining up with Chavez and other world kooks. He is up to no good. Obama doesn’t understand Russia all at and he’s tap dancing around his deficiencies in global knowledge. SCARY.

We feel so wonky. We need bigger hair and higher shoes. Something to distance us from those know-it-alls in Washington.

Ah, yes…a solution. After the debate is over we’ll go shopping for girl stuff online to take the policy edge off.

True Blood, that new vampire show on HBO. Redneck blood-suckers. Who knew? Not loving the very disjointed Entourage, but Ari still rocks.

We give props to J-Lo for doing a triathalon. That is some shit for little bigbutt. Respect.

What’s up with Eva Longoria Parker getting tagged as fat because she’s got a little belly. Have ya seen her in person? She’s size MINUS 0. Now she looks about three sizes below normal – and hardly fat. That is some Hollywood insanity dubbing her fat.

We can hardly wait for the season premiere of Lipstick Jungle later this month. Our total fave show, now that Sex in the City is gone.

Was it just us, cause we didn’t find Tropic Thunder very funny. We wish we did, but no.

There’s a new Britney album coming. You’ve been warned. (No, seriously we like her and hope for the best. We were just playin.)

Is it just us or is the Obama camp looking desperate and making bad decisions? Ever since Palin, they’ve been acting scared, not forceful. And that Biden. ZZZZZZZ. The biggest mistake Obama will have made is not picking Hillary. Just watch. Huge error.

On SNL, Tina Fey nailed Sarah Palin, no?

Cindy Crawford has much darker hair. You’d think it’d be aging but not so much. Snaps.

Best wishes to Lt. Sulu who got married this weekend after 21 years with his boyfriend. We interviewed him once and he was super nice. We remember the nice ones more than the bad ones. George Takei is sweet.

More later……………

The great political sage Lindsay Lohan has posted a nastygram against VP hopeful Sarah Palin on her blog. It’s genius, really, in its stupidity. Our thoughts? Go to college honey, cause dumb bitch is an ugly way to roll.

“I really cannot bite my tongue anymore when it comes to Sarah Palin. I couldn’t be more supportive of a woman in office, but let’s face it, it comes down to the person, and their beliefs, male or female,” Lohan said.

“I would have liked to have remained impartial, however I am afraid that the ‘lipstick on a pig’ comments will overshadow the issues and the fact that I believe Barack Obama is the best choice, in this election, for president.”

“It’s necessary for me to clarify that I am not against Sarah Palin as a mother or woman.”

“I find it quite interesting that a woman who now is running to be second in command of the United States, only 4 years ago had aspirations to be a television anchor, which is probably all she is qualified to be.

“Oh, and… Hint Hint Pali Pal – Don’t pose for anymore tabloid covers, you’re not a celebrity, you’re running for office to represent our, your, my COUNTRY!”

“Is it a sin to be gay? Should it be a sin to be straight? Or to use birth control? Or to have sex before marriage? Or even to have a child out of wedlock? Is our country so divided that the Republicans best hope is a narrow minded, media obsessed homophobe?”

“Vote for obama!” Ronson wrote. “Mainly because if she gets elected my green card probably won’t get renewed!!!”