Stringy-haired beer koozie Kid Rock has officially thrown his support behind Mitt Romney. Like two peas in a pod, these two. And while it's no Anthrax endorsement, Michigan is up for grabs and I guess an endorsement from a Detroit-native could help.

As part of our ongoing project to catalog the 2012 presidential election from a metal point of view, we've been soliciting presidential endorsements from noteworthy American metal musicians. Today: GWAR.

Snoop Dogg has posted this photo of Ron Paul with the text "SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY" overlaid and written "because i said so" in the caption, which may or may not be an endorsement, but if it is an endorsement then Ron Paul is not racist. [via Buzzfeed]

Newt Gingrich is going to win the South Carolina presidential primary tomorrow. Not just because he yelled at two debate moderators for asking him debate questions this week, which brought him up about 20 percentage points in the polls. That wasn't enough to close the deal. But now that television survivalist Chuck Norris has endorsed him in a meditative World Net Daily piece, Romney's got no chance.

Hot out of the inbox, from Friends of Christine O'Donnell: "Christine O'Donnell to announce her 2012 GOP Presidential Endorsement tonight." The famed Delawarean anti-onanist will announce this on one of those cable television shows. Sorry to whoever gets endorsed!

As Governor of Texas, Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry enacted a policy of providing in-state tuition for the children of illegal immigrants, thereby not completely alienating the country's fastest-growing populations. For this, he was roundly punished by the Republican electorate. But he has a secret weapon: America's favorite fascist Joe Arpaio!

The old trolls at the Manchester Union Leader—New Hampshire's largest paper—have endorsed Newt Gingrich in the state's upcoming Republican primary. But the pundits on Twitter still had questions! Questions like, who is the union leader who is endorsing Newt?

It does not seem like a question of whether retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman will support a Republican in the race for his Senate seat, but which Republican he will support. Which one would annoy Democrats, the people he represented as a United States vice presidential candidate in 2000, the absolute most? This is a call he cannot afford to get wrong. Joe Lieberman is on the eve of great decisions.

The good Governor Sandwiches of New Jersey, Chris Christie, will endorse old creep Mitt Romney this afternoon in New Hampshire, according to various BREAKING reports. So... will Chris Christie run for president now? Oh, wait.

Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch recently endorsed Republican Bob Turner in the special election for Anthony Weiner's old congressional seat, helping him pull off the upset against Democrat Dave Weprin. Koch, who supported Obama in 2008, wanted to punish the Democratic party over "President Obama's open hostility to the State of Israel." But that was all a few weeks ago! He's now changed his mind and endorsed Obama, after being invited to a fancy party.

Since the day of Barack Obama's inauguration, pundits and purveyors of "horse race" political journalism have been asking with increasing fervor: who will disconcertingly baby-voiced rapper and Vitamin Water vendor and trusted political power broker 50 Cent endorse in 2012?

I bet the whole first half of this ad isn't even Tom Brady's feet. I bet he was like "Look, I'll do your UGG ad for a billion dollars but no way am I actually putting a pair of UGGs on my feet, even though I am the world's biggest metrosexual. That's not even manly enough for me, and look at my haircut." Also Mos Def changed his name immediately after doing the soundtrack to this ad, for obvious reasons.

Charlie Sheen has signed up with Ad.ly, the company that sets up endorsement deals for celebs to promote on Twitter and Facebook. The company estimates Sheen could make $1 million a year. Just look at what he's already done for Tiger Blood!

Jersey Shore's Snooki has hired a firm to slap her name on every sort of product imaginable. And she's applying for trademarks on a variety of her catchphrases, too. The Snooki onslaught is coming—and it's scary!

How to make $1.5 million dollars for 45 seconds of work, in three easy steps: One, become a world-famous, Oscar-winning actress (like Julia Roberts). Two, convince Italian coffeemakers Lavazza to pay out for an advertisement. Three, deposit your check.

George W. Bush is unsurprisingly denying the report that he'd "have endorsed Obama if they'd asked." A spokesman calls the story "ridiculous and untrue," adding that Bush "proudly" supported McCain. Welcome back to the 24-hour news cycle, George W. Bush.

During the 2008 campaign, President George W. Bush told a group of visiting Brits that he "probably" wouldn't vote for McCain, according to Financial Times writer Alex Barker. That's not all: He also said he would've endorsed Obama if asked.

Frank Caprio, a Democrat, is in a tight three-way race for governor of Rhode Island. A White House endorsement could help! But after the White House made clear that Barack Obama wouldn't endorse anyone, Caprio told him to "shove it."

Sarah Palin hit Twitter today to endorse another "Mama Grizzly": John "Sky-Lasers" Raese for Pennsylvania's Senate seat! While Raese must appreciate the nod, he probably wishes she'd endorsed him for West Virginia's seat instead, since that's where he's running.

The conservative New York Post tabloid, with a deep sigh of defeat, has endorsed Democratic scion Andrew Cuomo over Republican gay club kingpin Carl Paladino in the New York gubernatorial race. Was it something Paladino said?