U2 in running to be Hillary Clinton's campaign song


	U2 in running to be Hillary Clinton's campaign song

zephyr1

5-18-2007 11:15 AM

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5-21-2007 4:06 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/589cc14c-4a7e-4025-94e9-953090bc0ee7/3A9D9215-9778-4DC0-B712-84C1AEBD6BB8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nme.com/news/u2/28409" href="http://www.nme.com/news/u2/28409" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nme.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nme.com/news/u2/28409"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nme.com/img/F81C4EBF-3154-4914-A9EA-F65E2FC59596" alt="U2" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nme.com/news/u2/28409"><H3>KT Tunstall and Jesus Jones could also join White House race</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nme.com/news/u2/28409"><DIV>Two of <A class="artistLink" href="http://www.nme.com/artists/u2">U2</A>'s tunes are in the running to be the campaign song for <SPAN>Hillary Clinton</SPAN>'s presidential campaign.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nme.com/news/u2/28409"><DIV>
<SPAN>'Beautiful Day'</SPAN> and <SPAN>'City Of Blinding Lights'</SPAN> are two of nine songs in the running to soundtrack <SPAN>Clinton</SPAN>'s 2008 race for the presidency.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nme.com/news/u2/28409"><DIV>
<A class="artistLink" href="http://www.nme.com/artists/kt-tunstall">KT Tunstall</A>'s <SPAN>'Suddenly I See'</SPAN> and early 90's indie stars <SPAN>Jesus Jones</SPAN>' <SPAN>'Right Here, Right Now'</SPAN> are also contenders.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nme.com/news/u2/28409"><DIV>
The former first lady has launched a contest on <A target="_blank" href="http://www.hillaryclinton.com">Hillaryclinton.com</A> asking people to vote on which song she should use.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nme.com/news/u2/28409">
Her list of songs are:<SPAN>

U2 - 'City Of Blinding Lights'
U2 - 'Beautiful Day'
KT Tunstall - 'Suddenly I See'
Smash Mouth - 'I'm A Believer'
The Temptations - 'Get Ready'
Dixie Chicks - 'Ready To Run'
Shania Twain - 'Rock This Country!'
Jesus Jones - 'Right Here, Right Now'
The Staple Singers - 'I'll Take You There'</SPAN>

<SPAN>Hillary</SPAN>'s husband <SPAN>Bill Clinton</SPAN> used <A class="artistLink" href="http://www.nme.com/artists/fleetwood-mac">Fleetwood Mac</A>'s <SPAN>'Don't Stop'</SPAN> for his presidential campaign in 1992, reports <SPAN>The Wall Street Journal</SPAN>.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3A9D9215-9778-4DC0-B712-84C1AEBD6BB8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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