Voters Pick Hillary Clinton's Campaign Song
Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 7:53 PM by Chuck Todd
From NBC's Lauren AppelbaumOne week after launching a text messaging drive, the Clinton campaign uses new technology once again to involve voters. This time, the campaign is asking the American public to help pick Clinton's official campaign song. Taking a page from Obama's playbook (remember Monday Night Football?), Clinton appears in a video, talking seriously about "one of the most important questions of this campaign" she's "been struggling with."
The important issue -- what the American public thinks her campaign song should be. Clinton asks viewers to go to her website to vote. The ballot: U2's "City of Blinding Lights," KT Tunstall's "Suddenly I See," Smash Mouth's "I'm a Believer," The Temptations' "Get Ready," Dixie Chicks' "Ready to Run," Shania Twain's "Rock This Country!," U2's "Beautiful Day," Jesus Jones' "Right Here, Right Now," and The Staple Singers' "I'll Take You There." Voters can listen to each song on Hillary Clinton's website and they also have the option of writing in a different choice.
The video ends with Clinton poking fun at herself. After showing a clip of her singing the Star Spangled Banner, Clinton promises to never sing in public -- unless she wins. The video is featured on Clinton's website and will also be on YouTube's "You Choose '08 Spotlight" next week.
Voting ends next week. The winner will be announced shortly thereafter. Our question: Will the Dixie Chicks be allowed to win? BTW, this announcement has already spawned some satire from the right. The Club for Growth blog has their
own suggestions. But we're guessing that all publicity on something like this is good publicity for the campaign.
