TGIF. Excited for the weekend, provided it does not snow ... more. We’ve got about a foot where we live and today, our Uggs officially gave way to the water. Not at all princess-like. The only place we venture is the gym.

Here is what we know:

1. Cindy McCain does travel with a stylist who helps with her killer coifs. We’d like to grouse that this is over the top, but ya know, we think they look really good. SHE should do the St. John ad campaign.

2. Not sorry to see Mittens leave the race. We have said from the beginning that this wasn’t going to work out so well. There was not the connection -- for whatever reason -- being made with a broad swatch of voters. Yes, lots of conservatives absolutely dug his positions, but we're still not sure they found him a winner. Just the only guy they could get next to, politically. He has a lovely family. We'll say that.

3. Vanity Fair magazine cancelled its Oscar party, which is one of the coolest shindigs on Hollywood's biggest night. Hopefully Elton John will still be hosting his. We get super bummed at the thought of our Academy Awards not happening.

4. Another member of young Hollywood is in rehab. Kirsten Dunst is now at the same place that Lindsay Lohan stayed in Utah. We hope it works out. Maybe she was scared straight after the Heath Ledger death. There are others who need to go as well. We won't name names, but their "appetites" shall we say, are hardly secret to the insiders who run in that party circuit.

5. Time favors Barack Obama against Hillary Clinton. More money, more ways for Bill to pile on and ruin her chances. We know he's popular but he hasn't done her any favors on Obama. More time for her to get frustrated and angry and stop listening to anyone -- but Bill. We feel. Not sure what to think about the motive behind using their own money. We find it hard to believe they are out of cash. Mebbe Jack Nicholson and Babs can show Hil some love and dig deep into their fortunes. Wait, there are limits, no? Yes, there are, but more on this later. (Ask our esteemed colleague Jerry Seper about this. The plot thickens.)

And finally -- Louisiana Democrats vote on Saturday. You folks down there in NOLA and all over the state have been through it in recent years, so mad love for you and wishes that this vote will go off well. Allow us to say that every time we have visited the city of Mardi Gras, Emeril, Commander's Palace and all that, we've left exhausted, stuffed, pickled and darned happy about the experience, which is deliciously hedonistic, a culture we can admire from afar. Aside from Venice -- Italy, not the beach -- it's one of the only cities where you can find true magic around nearly every corner.

Muffaletta, ya'll.

-- Andrea Billups, The Washington Times