Which 'Idol' is most presidential?
Along those lines, we wondered which of the remaining "Idol" contestants Marcello thought would be most likely to be elected president.

Taylor Hicks, she said without hesitation: "I don't think he has a great voice, don't think he's a great dancer, but he has charisma — people like that about him. He's got that Bill Clinton likability."

"Taylor would make a good president, especially if Dick Cheney were his running mate," Marcello continued.

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"Cheney would be doing all the work and Taylor would be out there doing his song and dance," she said.

Like W? we had to ask, naturally.

"I think he's closer to Bill Clinton," she repeated firmly.

That said, she doesn't think Taylor stands a chance of winning the "Idol" competition. Rocker boy Chris Daughtry, he of the scary Charles Mansonesque "vote for me if you know what's good for you" camera eye contact, is going to win, she predicted.

Heck, you don't have to be an adjunct instructor at Georgetown University in the communication, culture and technology master's program to figure that one out. You just have to know where to find the latest odds from the online gambling sites — where they're predicting Chris has this thing sewn up.

Daughtry, however, is not presidential material, she said.

And what of the remaining Idolettes' chances in a presidential race?

Of giggly, pouty, perfectly trained Katharine McPhee, Marcello said, "I see her more as a first lady than commander in chief."

"She would make a very attractive wife to a president. . . . I don't see her as a Geena Davis."

The other remaining female "Idol" contestant, Paris Bennett, also doesn't stand a chance, Marcello said, even though her research shows nearly 73 percent of "Idol" voters are women. That's because it's too hard to reconcile Paris's Betty Boop speaking voice and her big Broadway singing voice; she "sounds so much like an impersonator," Marcello said.

Elliott Yamin is "like Mr. Smith," she continued, clarifying that she meant as in "Goes to Washington," played by James Stewart, not as in "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" played by Brangelina.

Even so, she pronounced Yamin the most "real" of the contestants — right before suggesting that he would benefit from getting porcelain veneers.

"He's probably honest, humble."

Yup. Un-electable.

Oh, and for those of you say you read/heard somewhere that more people vote for "American Idol" than voted for the president of the United States: hooey! Nearly 57 percent of voting-age people in the United States voted in the last presidential election, according to the Federal Election Commission's Web site. Whereas, according to Pursuant's study, 10 percent of the U.S. adult population has voted for an "American Idol" contestant this round.

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