Barack Obama to sponsor a NASCAR entry?
Well, one sure way to get "NASCAR Dads" to pay attention to your political campaign is get your name on one of the cars.
The Swamp tipped us to an item that Sports Illustrated is reporting: Barack Obama is on the verge of sponsoring a car at a race in August. The metaphor potential is huge -- everything from leading pole-to-pole to hitting a wall and not finishing.
Obama earlier was flirting with campaigning at a NASCAR event, but this takes it one step better. Though there are pitfalls. The car, BAM 39, reportedly is a Toyota, which likely won't sit well with the United Auto Workers.
An announcement is expected within a couple of weeks, SI reports, though in keeping with a practiced political observer's skepticism, believe it when it happens.
(UPDATE: The announcement came sooner than two weeks and SI was wrong. Obama spokesman Bill Burton said Friday evening the campaign won't be sponsoring a NASCAR entry. "The Obama campaign will not be sponsoring a car in the Sprint Cup series," Burton said, "though we will continue to look for ways to reach out to voters and convey Senator Obama’s message of change.” And he didn't mean tires.)
-- Scott Martelle
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Posted by Scott Martelle on July 11, 2008 in Ads , Advertising , Campaigning , Current Affairs , Democratic Politics , Electoral College , Endorsements , Gimmicks , Humor , Labor Issues , Political History , Presidential Campaign , Republican Politics | Permalink
Don Frederick has served as an editor helping guide coverage of every presidential election since 1984. He is a third-generation Washingtonian, so watching the political world comes naturally to him.
Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000.
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Yours Truly,
Barack Hussein Obama
Posted by: Seni | July 11, 2008 at 04:07 PM
NASCAR or otherwise, Obama has lost my support for his FISA vote. His single biggest mistake so far.
Posted by: Zzz | July 11, 2008 at 04:49 PM
OBAMA CANNOT POSSIBLY MEET EXPECTATIONS, EVEN HIS OWN ---
Obama’s impossible road ahead:
http://pacificgatepost.blogspot.com/2008/07/why-obama-will-win-but-cant-deliver.html
Posted by: PacificGatePost | July 12, 2008 at 09:54 AM