Politicans As Rock Stars

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Choosing Presidential Running Mates (If The Candidates Were Bands, And You Were A Concert Booker)
Published 6/26/2008 by Stereogum at Stereogum
... . What about weightier issues, like, who should be rounding out his or McCain's ticket? It's still early in the Veepstakes -- even the politicos aren't close to a consensus -- so NPR is conducting a predictive poll in terms we can grasp: convert the candidates into representative bands, and then pick the perfect opening act to balance the bill. This is all obviously very politically scientific so think hard and don't screw up the polling data. Vote the rock at Carrie Brownstein's Monitor Mix blog . Posted at 12:10 PM by amrit Tags: ...

But The Clash weren't born in the U.S.
Published 6/26/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Simon Crowe) at Mostly Movies
An unconventional way of thinking about running mates for McCain and Obama. (Monitor Mix)

Vice President Bobby Digital! [Good Ideas]
Published 6/26/2008 by Pareene at Gawker
... Rocker/blogger Carrie Brownstein on the Vice Presidential selection process: "And once we determine the results, that McCain is, um, Liz Phair and therefore his running mate should be.....RZA, then all we have to do is decide what politician out there is most like RZA. After that we let John McCain's people know." Go vote in the poll! [NPR] ...

Shorties
Published 7/12/2008 by david (boy@largeheartedboy.com) at Largehearted Boy
... NPR's Monitor Mix blog is polling its readers as to what rock stars our US presidential candidates would be. Take the poll below: ...