While it may seem that summer began with the Gosselin divorce and ended with Michael Jackson's burial, Memorial Day and Labor Day are what actually mark the bookends of traditional summer.

Certainly a lot happened in Celebrity Love land in between, and some of the most gobsmacking shockers came from the world of politics—where conflict is all in a day's work. YourTango's Celebrity Editor Kristine Gasbarre (independently registered, for the record) has highlighted the best of the worst for you. As we kiss this summer goodbye, we can thank these politicans' slip-ups for … Read More

Ted Kennedy, the last of the living Kennedy brothers and renowned Massachusetts senator who held office as a Democrat since 1964, died Tuesday of brain cancer at the Kennedy estate in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.

Formally named Edward Moore Kennedy, Ted was as known for his questionable private life as his political feats. YourTango's Celebrity Love has constructed a timeline of the scandals that went on behind Ted Kennedy's loosely-closed doors for five decades.

1958 - After a yearlong courtship, Ted Kennedy married beauty queen and college classmate Virginia Joan Bennett (known now as Joan … Read More

John Edwards is moving the mother of his love-child into his upscale, waterfront North Carolina neighborhood and will help raise their baby, says the National Enquirer in yet another exclusive report on the disgraced former Presidential candidate. Although lacking proof, sources close to other-woman Rielle Hunter say they believe Edwards is paying for her move.

Insiders close to the other camp corroborate that John is definitely behind Rielle's move: "There's absolutely no way that he didn't approve or arrange her moving closer to him—it's all part of his new … Read More

Jenny Sanford, wife of South Carolina governor Mark Sanford, moved out of the couple’s home last Friday with at least three of their four sons according to Huffington Post. The couple apparently failed to reconcile following Gov. Sanford’s earth-shattering revelation in June of a longtime affair with Maria Belen Chapur, an Argentine mistress. Celebrity Love: Mark Sanford: Mistress Is My "Soul Mate"

Apart from the fact that this all-American family is now destroyed, the saddest aspect of the split may be that Mrs. Sanford was actually a really solid First Lady and the … Read More

I've been dating politicians since I was twenty-one. Presidents to be exact. And while it's a habit I'm desperately trying to break, this year was no different. I found myself seduced yet again by the high stakes and the low blows that consume an election year.

Politics, I've found, are my addiction; they're also my timesaver. In the same way I defer to designer labels as indicators of clothing quality, I look at someone’s political platform as a moral compass to who they really are. Otherwise it can take weeks to get to the serious stuff—like how you feel about the … Read More

Huffington Post has rounded up a slideshow of Grandma and Grandpa...oops, I mean,  John McCain and his wife, Cindy...showing public displays of affection.   Compared to the Obamas, who sizzle and crackle with passion, the Republican couple could use a little, um, stimulation.

Just looking at the lack of sparks between John and Cindy, suggests the would-be president's one true passion is cutting taxes.  Little pecks on the cheek here, pats on the arm there, a couple tight-lipped smiles -- the McCains are downright prudish!

But I'm not trying to suggest anything particularly snotty or nasty here … Read More

Amid all the bluster about "foreign policy experience" and "abstinence-only education," there's been one meme missing. Thankfully, the UK's Daily Mail picks up the slack by asking: Would your guy bone Sarah Palin?

Even if your feminist bone is the size of your pinky finger, it's hard not to be offended by such sexist drivel as this:

First, there's Palin the saucepot. Despite having a voice like nails scratching down a blackboard, she is considered by most red-blooded males across all age groups, and political parties, to be attractive... So, what about Palin the wife? Frankly, she'd scare … Read More

We've been around the block. We've seen enough political figures dropping trou to, if not yawn at another John Edwards scandal, then to certainly not be surprised by it. We've learned that even those politicians with an upstanding rep, adorable kids, and a kick-ass wife—maybe even especially those—seem to stray. The thing we've yet to uncover, though, is why. Tiger Woods Admits He "Let Family Down"

We get the human nature thing. A USA Today/Gallup poll conducted in March of 2008—right after the Eliot Spitzer scandal broke—found that 54 percent of Americans know someone with an unfaithful … Read More

TheStreet.com published an interesting piece on whether marriage helps or hurts an individual’s career. Turns out, the only professions in which a spouse is beneficial are clergymen, judges, police officers, and drumroll...politicians. [Insert Eliot Spitzer joke here.]

Apparently, a stable home life increases the likelihood for success. [Proceed to beat dead horse and insert follow-up Spitzer joke here.]

And said jobs wield the perfect power: If the marriage doesn’t pan out for any of the above, they can divorce, annul, or just plain sweep it under the rug.

From Reuters
By Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says it has been worth it to stand by her man, Bill Clinton, despite the marital challenges they have faced.

Their marriage was rocked in 1998 when it was revealed that President Bill Clinton had had an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, which set off an extended drama that led to his impeachment and a failed attempt to remove him from office.

Hillary Clinton, a senator from New York, talked about her relationship with Bill in an interview with Essence magazine for its November issue. Some people have … Read More