Something new is happening in the Democratic and and Republican presidential campaigns: celebrities are being used in the most flamboyant fashion to win voters. Only two candidates have been truly successful at it thus far: Sen. Barack Obama is going to be campaigning with Oprah Winfrey in South Carolina, New Hampshire and Iowa, and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has already appeared with martial-arts-action movie and television star Chuck Norris in a commercial:

Mr. Obama's Oprah gambit goes without saying, as she is arguably the most recognizable person in the country.

But the prize goes to Mr. Huckabee for pulling out "The Man, The Myth, The Legend" the "Nature Boy" Ric Flair on Saturday in South Carolina.

Sure, Oprah gets women out to vote, but no one is going to pull men together of any race like the master of the figure-four leg lock, professional wrestling's most well-known and most popular star of the squared circle.

Yes, there is plenty of room for Hulk Hogan, but in the words of the greatest of all time, "Whether you like it or don't like it, you better learn to love it, cause it's the best thing going today! Whoooo!"

Can't wait to see "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson, and "The Outlaw" Tully Blanchard show up as well.

— Brian DeBose, national political reporter, The Washington Times