July 6-8 – Celebrity-wise, the Democrats are clearly ahead in the presidential race.

On Tuesday in L.A., John Kerry’s daughters Vanessa and Alexandra hosted a fundraiser where guests and performers included Lance Bass, Liz Phair, David Spade and William H. Macy. Jack Black told us he made his “Vote Kerry” t-shirt himself, but we’re hoping he made more than one, since this is the third time in a month we’ve spotted him wearing it. Now we know why George Clooney split up with former flame Krista Allen, who has been working on the Kerry campaign. On her way into the Henry Fonda theater for the fundraiser, as she passed a pay phone, we asked Krista for the phone number. As she read out the number, a member of the press next to us dialed it from his cell. Krista picked up the phone, said, “Hello”, and then, realizing what she’d done, said, “What a dumb blonde I am!”

On Thursday, Kerry was in New York City for a big fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall. Whoopi Goldberg, Mary J. Blige, Dave Matthews, Jon Bon Jovi, Paul Newman, Jessica Lange and Sarah Jessica Parker helped draw ticket holders to the tune of over $7 million. Chevy Chase was clearly surprised to find that Kerry’s running mate is actually John Edwards, since he’d read in the New York Post that it would be Dick Gephardt.

All this celebrity support makes it easy to cast your vote in November. If sophisticated political analysts like Lance Bass and Krista Allen back Kerry, what more do you need to know?

With Jen Lowery in Los Angeles