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The Daily Beast has gotten a preview of the cover of Meghan McCain's upcoming book, "Dirty Sexy Politics." That's it at right -- although the final version won't have a red Daily Beast logo in the corner. McCain, a blogger and columnist for The Daily Beast, is a lifelong Republican and the daughter of former Republican Presidential candidate John McCain. McCain's publisher, Hyperion, describes her as "extremely mediagenic," which is a euphemism for -- what, exactly? She's a pretty blonde? That if she Tweets a picture of herself in pajamas some people will get hot and bothered? Could they mean...

Meghan McCain watches the controversial new series Huge, about a fat camp for teenagers, and finds it to be provocative, funny, and important. There has been a lot of buzz recently about the new ABC Family show Huge, garnering it some mixed reviews and feedback. For those of you unfamiliar with Huge, the second episode of which aired Monday night, it is about characters at weight-loss camp, and stars Hairspray’s Nikki Blonsky and Hayley Hasselhoff (daughter of David). The show was created by Savannah Dooley and her mother, Winnie Holzman, of My So-Called Life fame. I should start by saying...

Tuesday night, my father won the Arizona Republican primary for U.S. Senate. Like so many times before, I stood behind him on stage proud and hopeful for the future—for both the state of Arizona and our country. It is no secret this seemed to have been the summer of anti-incumbency rhetoric in numerous Republican primaries. This is probably most evident in the Charlie Crist/Marco Rubio race in Florida, where Gov. Crist left the Republican Party to run as an independent against the much more conservative Rubio. It is a complicated time in politics, especially Arizona politics. I recently moved back...