Barack Obama leads field in campaign songs

May 12, 2008 John McCain and Hillary Clinton also have plenty of musical support in the first presidential election of the YouTube era. [...] from will.i.am's star-studded viral hit "Yes We Can" to amateur odes folk to Spanish-language tunes and even a Jamaican reggae tribute, Obama is the leader in what observers are calling a new form of political campaigning. They've found a new way to support their candidates. ... it stretches from regular average voters all the way up to somebody like will.i.am in terms of being kind of like a new, broader trend in political video.

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