3. A clan of fashion mavericks.
The eyes of the nation were trained on Sarah Palin to see how she'd do at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. But when the cameras weren't on the VP nominee, they were panning over her family -- and dozens of style stories were born. Husband Todd sports a goatee. Levi Johnston, boyfriend of Palin's pregnant daughter Bristol, has his beloved's name tattooed on his ring finger. And when 6-year-old Piper Palin licked her hand and smoothed her tiny brother Trig's hair, Republican and Democrats alike couldn't help but say, "awwwwww."