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Senator John Mellencamp?

By Jeralyn

How great would it be to have John Mellencamp, champion of the farmer and the little guy, in the U.S. Senate? There's a grass roots effort underway in Indiana to draft him.

Above is a video I took of him singing "Our Country" at a John Edwards event during the Iowa caucuses in December, 2007.

I hope he says yes. Maybe it's finally time to rock the vote for real. [More...]

Via Alternet:

Mellencamp has a history of issue-oriented political engagement that is the rival of any of the Democratic politicians who are being considered as possible Bayh replacements.

And Mellencamp has something else. He has a record of standing up for disenfranchised and disenchanted working-class families in places like his hometown of Seymour, Indiana.

In other words, he's worthy of the consideration that has led to talk of a "Draft John Mellencamp" movement. In fact, he might be just enough of an outlier to energize base votes and to make independent voters look again at the Democratic column.

Run, John, Run.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on February 17, 2010 (boomark / email).