Barack gets the dirt off his shoulders

You've got to wonder--if John Kerry had hordes of YouTubers mashing up his speeches with Jay-Z songs, or Madonna singles, or even Hall and Oates--maybe things would've gone differently for him. (Kerry does  have a few mashups under his belt--including a cameo in the triple-platinum "Don't Taze Me Bro" remix)--but none of that was in time for the '04 election. What might have been?

I only ask because everything Sen. Obama says somehow gets set to music and special effects. Have a look at this one:

THIS JUST IN!: August at sister blog SoundBoard has the even better Stephanopolous /Soulja Boy mashup.  Yaaah!