Bruce Benidt
Jon Austin
tcarideo
Ellen Mrja
Mike KeliherOur almost-17-year-old niece Ally just called Lisa and me into her bedroom — “You’ve got to see this.”
It’s an Obama music video — “Yes we can.”
How does Hillary Clinton or John McCain contend with this? How can they come close to moving young people (and 57-year-old people) this way?
Ally is too young to vote, but she’s cajoled six people around the country to vote for Obama in the primaries.
Something’s happening here.
–Benidt
Filed under: Communications, PR, Politics
If you want to see John McCain’s answer to “Yes We Can” (but not really), here you go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gwqEneBKUs
JibJab alone has probably moved the American public and helped burnish the images of the other candidates in ways they don’t appreciate.
“Something is happening here.”
Yes, something like the Reverend Jim Jones did in Guyana.
To: TKAE above. You know the meteoric rise of Mr. Obama of is a great subject for analysis (and has been subjected endless analysis already) but your conclusion seems especially glib and draconian. I’m listening if you care to elaborate.