5. Cuts and runs.
Democratic hopeful John Edwards' $400 coif was just the beginning of this election’s follicle follies. After dropping out of the primaries, New Mexico governor Bill Richardson took a page from Al Gore's playbook, emerging several weeks later with a grizzly man beard. Libertarian Party nominee Bob Barr gained enough national exposure to become one of 16 finalists for the first annual Robert Goulet Memorial Mustached American of the Year Award. (No, we're not making that up.) And years of speculation about whether Democratic VP nominee Joe Biden has hair plugs became a punch line when John McCain cracked wise during a debate about gold-plated healthcare plans covering hair transplants.