The New York Times Magazine recently sat down with the Obamas to discuss the State of the Union—the union between Michelle and Barack that is. In this extensive interview with the president and the first lady, writer Jodi Kantor tries to capture the strengths and weakness of the "first marriage." And regardless of which side of the political spectrum you fall on, we believe the Obamas have got a couple of timeless, bi-partisan policies when it comes to keeping a relationship healthy.  4 Obama-Inspired Date Ideas

1. Personalize Your Nicknames. Barack likes to call Michelle, "Flotus," short … Read More

We all know that President Barack Obama in a man in demand. But evidently his road to the presidency involved a marketing tactic we all know: sex sells.

According to the blog Taragana, a new book by Christopher Andersen—Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage—suggests that Barack dealt regularly with women who pursued him right under Michelle's nose. Among their reported pursuits? Pushing their bodies up against Barack's, slipping their phone numbers into his pocket and whispering raunchy suggestions into his ear.

How did Mr. Obama respond? Actually not too keenly. The New York Post quotes Andersen's … Read More

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's posthumous memoir True Compass is scheduled to hit shelves on September 14, and the content may be enough to clear up some of the stigma surrounding Kennedy's reputation. Celebrity Love: Ted Kennedy's Romantic History

In the book, Kennedy attempts to extinguish one of the most infamous stories about his past. In 1969 after a party with campaign staff in Martha's Vineyard, he drunkenly drove a car into a lake and killed the car's passenger, 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne. The incident has gone down in history being referred to as "Chappaquiddick," the name of the … Read More

Levi Johnston is burning the last of his bridges with the Palin camp.

In an interview with Vanity Fair (on stands September 8), Johnston spills the beans on Sarah Palin's worry that her teenage daughter Bristol's pregnancy would hurt her campaign for Vice President. Huffington Post via Vanity Fair quotes Johnston with the following:

Sarah told me she had a great idea: we would keep it a secret—nobody would know that Bristol was pregnant. She told me that once Bristol had the baby she and Todd would adopt him. That way, she said, Bristol and I … 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

That Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' story should evolve to include deeper, more sensual notes should come as no surprise. After all, she was the woman who introduced Chubby Checker's the twist to the White House.

That said, recent revelations unearthed by author David Heymann do shock, at least a little bit.

According to Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story, America's favorite First Lady had a passionate affair with her brother-in-law Bobby in the months after her husband's assassination. Romantic involvements of political figures, does it really matter?

What's more, according to a … Read More

New details have emerged about Mark Sanford's mistress and his marriage, most compelling of which may be the latest photos of his mistress Maria Belen Chapur. Mark Sanford: Mistress Is My "Soul Mate"

Last night LA Late published photos of Chapur, an Argentine television journalist and translator who was described in June to Huffington Post by a bartender who saw Sanford and Chapur on a cuddly date as having green eyes, dirty blonde hair and a "banging body." She's also a 43-year-old divorced mother of two.

Other recent photos suggest … Read More

Former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin already unexpectedly resigned from her position as governor this year, and according to Star magazine, is about to quit her 20-plus-year marriage. Palin had said the divorce rumors were untrue. Sarah Palin Fired Up Over Divorce Talk

In this issue of Star, Mercede Johnston, Levi Johnston's sister, opens up about the Palin's marriage. For those of you not following the Palin's inner lives, Levi Johnston is Bristol's (Sarah's oldest daughter) ex boyfriend, and the father of Bristol's baby.

Mercede told Star:

Sarah and Todd are fighting all the time. When they do, Todd often ends … 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