ASKING THE TOUGH QUESTIONS Why didn't President-elect Barack Obama's victory speech include a thank-you to Diddy for casting the election's deciding vote?

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Birthday boy Diddy, upon leaving his Manhattan polling site:

I felt like my vote was the vote that put [Barack Obama] into office. It was down to one vote, and that was going to be my vote. And that may not be true, but that's how much power it felt like I had.

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Look guys, another Diddy blog! Get Out the Vote, right right, snoooze.

Except, did Sean Combs just say it was his birthday today?? How is that even humanely possible, that one of the greatest/most annoying advocates of democracy in hip-hop has a birthday that just so happens to coincide with election day? It's got to be a joke right?

Nope. It's not a joke. Happy birthday/Election Day, Diddy! Vote or be Born!

After the jump, a special birthday greeting from Diddy's staff of personal blogmakers.

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Damnit, Diddy! Why did you have to open your mouth again and post a stupid YouTube video about how much Sarah Palin scares you? You almost — almost — forced us to agree with you for once, until you busted out that odd heavy panting and hiding under the covers bit. This isn't the Blair Witch Hunt, Puff. And you probably just won McCain a few new votes out of spite.

Just … stop. Please.

Here's Jessica Alba's latest ad for the Declare Yourself campaign, aimed at getting young people to vote. Although, if you ask us, this doesn't inspire us to do anything politically — we're just creeped out and annoying by Alba, as usual.

In other political celebrity news, an army of famous people — including Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry and Jonah Hill — shot a new ad encouraging everyone not to vote. You can watch it here.

Is the election over yet?

The Kardashian family would like to remind everyone to vote in this season's Dancing with the Stars. Because, when all is said and done, this attention-whoring family knows what really matters.

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FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES Phil Spector, the hugely influential music producer now on trial for the death of a woman found shot in the head in his mansion (he maintains it was an "accidental suicide"), came to court today sporting a "Barack Obama Rocks" button. Every little bit, I suppose.

Brody Jenner, raffle prize and little else, has declared he supports Barack Obama for President. "[Obama's] just cool!" Jenner told E! last night. "I mean, he’s young and I think people would take us more seriously with Iraq and everything … " Informed!

You know he's only doing this because Heidi said she liked McCain.

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OH, HEIDI "Earlier this week, Hills star Heidi Montag put an end to mounting Beltway chatter by informing the world that she would be voting for creaky war hero John McCain in the upcoming presidential election. … Except for one minor detail: Montag isn't actually registered to vote."

Today is the Tuesday they call Super. If you can, go vote, or you'll have to answer to Paris Hilton!