If the race for the Republican presidential nomination truly is down to "Mitt v. Newt", it seems that I should update my campaign song suggestions.
Back in 2007 I suggested that Mitt Romney should choose "
Everything To Everyone", by Everclear, and earlier this year I suggested "
Stuck With You", by Huey Lewis and the News. (I will admit that Romney's long-awaited
introduction of himself reminds me of the first line of "
Sympathy for the Devil", but not so much the rest of the song.) For Newt, I suggested "
Boy For Sale", by Lionel Bart.
Those suggestions still seem fitting, but if it truly is a two person race perhaps I should update my suggestions to reflect that reality.
Newt Gingrich: "Two Princes", by the aptly named Spin Doctors. It's not just that Newt will be emphasizing his humble roots, or using endorsements of Romney to suggest that he's some type of outsider. It's also that I can picture him campaigning, not so much by shaking hands and kissing babies, but by showing up at your door, announcing himself as the presumptive nominee, and asking if you've bought him flowers.
Mitt Romney: "Everything You Want" by Vertical Horizon.
I am everything you want, I am everything you need,
I am everything inside of you that you wish you could be,
I say all the right things at exactly the right time,
But I mean nothing to you and I don't know why....
Whatever role Romney took back in his days as a corporate raider, if the past five years are any indication it seems reasonable to infer that he was
not the guy you could count on to close a deal.
Great post; I stole part of it (with attribution & link) over at my place.
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