If you haven’t been in college in the past ten years, this might not apply to you. But the jam-rock icon Dave Matthews is campaigning throughout Indiana for Barack Obama, as the Indianapolis Star reports.
But the popular singer’s two-hour set of acoustic tunes with collaborator Tim Reynolds was more than just the latest celebrity endorsement that Obama or his opponent Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has received.
Matthews’ performance illustrated the differences in the tactics the two presidential campaigns have used to attract young voters who have turned out in record numbers this year.
Meanwhile, how’s this for a oneuppance?
Former President Bill Clinton was on campus to campaign for his wife, but shortly before he took the stage, Obama’s campaign announced it would give away free tickets to the Matthews concert.
You could say Clinton crashed into Matthews. Ahahaha. I crack myself up.
In othew news. this blogger put together a video list of celebs endorsing McCain.
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