Celebs weigh-in on Washington

Yahoo News Wednesday 2nd May, 2012

The intersection of politics and celebrity has been dominating Washington, D.C. for the last week or so, raising the larger question of: do you have to have a bit of celebrity cool to get elected president these days? Barack Obama slow jams the news, Mitt Romney entertains an offer to host Saturday Night Live -- increasingly the blending of celebrity and politics has become part of the equation in presidential campaigns. Mitt Romney's team seems...

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