Obamania

Here's the latest, classic example of the new vistas opening up in political discourse: "I Got a Crush ... on Obama," up on YouTube.

Featuring a young woman who's often scantily clad, it's not for everyone. And it's not, his aides want to stress, in any way sanctioned by or connected to Barack Obama's presidential campaign. But it's a good bet many of the folks working for him (and those toiling for other candidates) have already checked it out --- and will do so again.

Sample lyrics: "You're into border security/Let's break this border between you and me."

A report on the ABC News website has the details on who produced the video and how it came to be. And Frank James at the Chicago Tribune's political blog, The Swamp, captured one of our reactions: "If only JFK and Bill Clinton had run for president in the YouTube era."

-- Don Frederick

Comments

[Jim Gilmore]

This is so similar to the Tenn. campaign, and what killed Ford there. Am I the only one that can see this?

[rob]

Why do you even mention "scantily-clad women". Who cares? Women have a right to wear bathing suits in America. It's true that under Bush we had a lovely little ideological vacation back to Calhoun's heydey in the 1840's, but that's over now. Your moralistic finger-wagging wouldn't be out of place in Iran, but it's inappropriate for America.