New York, Oct 23 : Newlywed Ellen DeGeneres is shelling out 100,000 dollars of her own money in hopes of quashing Sarah Palin-backed California''s Proposition 8, which seeks to ban same-sex marriages.

DeGeneres, who wed partner Portia di Rossi this summer, has released a short video through NoOnProp8. com urging Californians to vote against the controversial measure, and has now made a media buy to create a longer television commercial.

"I got to do something this year I never thought I''d ever be able to do," the New York Daily News quoted DeGeneres in her video, as saying.

Washington, Oct 23 : Hillary Clinton’s pantsuits designer thinks that it would be unusual for a candidate as famous as Sarah Palin to need to buy clothes.

Republican National Committee has spent up to 150,000 dollars on the vice Presidential nominee’s wardrobe and makeup, since she became John McCain’s running mate.

However, one of the most famous political fashion designers of the year, Susanna Chung Forest, says that she finds the spending strange.

“Why do you need to pay for it?” CBS News quoted Forest, as saying.

“It’s an honour, you are going to design for someone who could be the president of the United States,” she added.

London, Oct 23 : Republicans bracing themselves for defeat in the November 4 election are already contemplating the prospect of Sarah Palin becoming their presidential candidate against Democrat President Barack Obama in 2012.

Conservative Republicans are talking enthusiastically about Palin as a White house contender next time, acknowledging that if a week is a long time in politics then four years amounts to several lifetimes, The Telegraph reported.

“Sarah’s the one,” said one leading conservative who is convinced McCain will lose this election.

“The party is broken and only she can fix it. We need someone who comes from outside Washington and relates to the aspirations of ordinary Americans,” he added.