We like to look for the subtle fashion clues. It's like reading tea leaves for puffs like ourself. Thus, it comes as no surprise that Hillary Clinton would wear red to last night's State of the Union speech in Washington. Red, the color of anger, of power, of "kiss mine." She's sending a message, altho we're super sure she'd deny it. This outfit was totally picked for a reason. She's out for blood.

The bone: Yes, we think she looks very nice in red. Good color on her. Totally. Sincerity added.

In other happy political news: John McCain seems to have super practiced being peaceful when he talks. It's so soft and measured, so even. He's been exceptional at not getting dragged into a nasty tone. We give him that.

Someone wrote us and asked us if we thought Cindy McCain, a lovely woman, wore colored contacts and we responded by saying: Does Marilyn Manson wear makeup? HELLO.

Randomness: While we think the Ted Kennedy endorsement of the Barackster is very important — for its symbolism if nothing else — we can't help but wonder in the back of our mind that his association with that family makes him even more safety vulnerable. We hope he has an A-Team spook squad around him and would be surprised if he didn't.

One of our esteemed colleagues points out that the Mittens signs and the Barackster signs look a lot alike, including their use of "change." Honestly, we're all pretty tired of that word, huh?

Today is Florida... can't wait to see how it all turns out.

-- Andrea Billups, The Washington Times