James Oddo is the top Republican on the New York City Council, which makes him the political equivalent of the loudest Red Sox fan at a Yankees game.

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Mike Shaw is the president of sales and marketing at ABC and the most outspoken of the network ad czars.

A multi-CFDA award winner, Costa is the women's creative director for Calvin Klein.

The man behind the eponymous fashion line that rose to dazzling prominence in the '90s, Rodriguez sold a controlling interest in his company to Liz Claiborne in 2007, but quickly bought it back.

Tyra Banks is the smizing, weave-wearing, ego-tripping supermodel turned TV host.

As deputy secretary for public safety, Balboni was Gov. Paterson's homeland security chief. He was responsible for overseeing the New York's efforts to prevent terrorism and coordinating the state's response to any incidents that did occur.

CEO and Chairman of the WWE, McMahon is the man who brought pro wrestling—and himself—into your living room. In 1971, he inherited the Capitol Wrestlng Corporation from grandfather Roderick "Jess" McMahon, who co-founded it in the early 20th century, and his father Vince McMahon Sr., who became a partner in the company in the early 1950s. McMahon proceeded to take the renamed World Wrestling Federation in a new direction, bringing the "sport" to a national audience using closed-circuit TV and, later, pay-per-view. Transforming wrestling into entertainment, he made elaborate, soapy storylines as integral a part of the wrestling experience as flying clotheslines and body avalanches, even incorporating himself in the character of Mr. McMahon, an evil wrestling promoter, on WWE shows.

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Sarandon is an actress and activist. She also made up half of one of Hollywood's leading liberal power couples until she and Tim Robbins announced their split in late 2009.

The secretary of state from 1973 to 1977 and one of the most controversial political figures in recent history, Kissinger is now a high-priced consultant and public speaker.

One of the mayor's closest confidantes, Sheekey is Michael Bloomberg's Deputy Mayor for Intergovernmental Relations, a roost from which he served as chief cheerleader for a Bloomberg presidential bid up until early 2008.

A political candidate (he ran for public advocate), campaign advisor (he's worked with Hillary Clinton and Howard Dean), online entrepreneur (he founded a music dotcom), and nightlife impresario (he founded Irving Plaza), Rasiej's worn many hats over the years.

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Jack McCollough

A veteran Democratic operative, Lynch is an ex-deputy mayor and the head of his own political consulting firm, Bill Lynch Associates.

Yassky was the former Democratic member of the City Council representing Brooklyn's gentrification belt—Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo, and Greenpoint. He's since been appointed Chairman of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission.

Pirro is Westchester's former district attorney, a perpetual candidate for political office, TV personality, and walking trainwreck.

Pataki was the Republican governor of New York from 1995 through 2006.