"What’s the Difference Between Palin and a Hockey Mom? An $11k-a-Week Lipstick Budget"

10/24/08, 12:03 pm EST

You really can’t make this up…

Palin’s Makeup Stylist Fetches Highest Salary - NYTimes.com

Who was the highest paid individual in Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign during the first half of October as it headed down the homestretch?

Not Randy Scheunemann, Mr. McCain’s chief foreign policy adviser; not Nicolle Wallace, his senior communications staff member. It was Amy Strozzi, who was identified by the Washington Post this week as Gov. Sarah Palin’s traveling makeup artist, according to a new filing with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday night.