Roadkill: OffTheBus's Ongoing RoundUp of the Awkward, the Ugly, and the Just Plain Weird

Has Hillary gone bipolar? Hunter grabs for good press. Mitt has his own cops problem. Richardson asks Edwards an NRA-style question.

The following piece was produced through the Huffington Post's OffTheBus. Edited by Richard Riehl and Denise Wheeler. Reported by Kirsten Anderson, River Curtis-Stanley, Jodi Lampert, Julie Pierce, and Debbi Plummer.

Feeling abused and alone? Send in the clones! This email from Hillary Friday: "Dear Richard, You're my secret weapon. All the other campaigns are busy talking about me. But with your support, I'm staying focused on what's important in this race. That's why I'd like one of you to join me for a day." Okay. Which one of me do you want? And will that make those guys stop talking about you?

Mitt now headlining on Ebay! After Romney launched his "Mitt Market" online swap meet, where you can raise money for the campaign by selling your rusty bicycles, the DNC began using the junk-fund site to auction off Romney's abandoned political positions. There's the melting snowman representing Romney's reluctance to participate in a YouTube debate where a snowman might ask him a question about global warming, a DVD showing how he's changed since he was governor of MA, and a pair of flip-flops. Roadkill thanks the DNC for adding to our collection.

Hunter picks up the pace, now the front-runner, raises $5 million in a day! Not really. Duncan has just discovered the power of fake headlines. According to Friday's email to supporters, those headlines for Thompson, Giuliani and Paul could be his own if only supporters "dig a little deeper." A $10 donation "will raise over $300,000." That means his online supporters wouldn't fill a football stadium. Maybe it's time to stop with the phony headlines and turn to the power of prayer.

Edwards' strategy for the war on lobbyists: Bill Richardson, in a speech to NH supporters Friday: "Senator Edwards wants to get rid of 22,000 lobbyists. Well, that's great. How are you going to do that? Shoot them?" The NRA's favorite candidate apparently couldn't think of any other options.

More straight talk from Mitt: Now that Giuliani has another batch of dirty laundry on his hands with his former top cop, the Romney camp was quick to send out an email: "Governor Romney believes the American people want and deserve change in Washington," wrote campaign spokesman Kevin Madden, listing some of Romney's ethics proposals. "They want strong ethics and accountability in government." Isn't this the same governor whose staff members were impersonating police officers not too long ago?

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