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Bill Clinton, Obama Vie for Spoken-Word Grammy

Posted Dec 6, 07 7:33 PM CST in Arts & Living,  Politics 

(Newser) – The Grammy Award will provide the staging ground for another Clinton-Obama battle—though it's Bill Clinton in this one, going up against Obama for best spoken-word album. Clinton's "Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World" faces off against Obama's "The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming The American Dream." Both already have Grammys—Obama last year, Clinton in 2004 and '05.

Former President Jimmy Carter, a winner in '07, is up again for a prize at the Feb. 10 awards with "Sunday Mornings in Plains: Bringing Peace to a Changing World." Poet Maya Angelou and actor Alan Alda round out the category, Billboard reports. A win by Bill would give the family four Grammys—Hillary won in 1997 for "It Takes a Village."

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Former President Bill Clinton pauses during an address to an audience at Stevens High School in Claremont, N.H., Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007. Clinton said Tuesday that if reporters covered the candidates' public...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill, speaks during a fundraising event in Boston, in this Dec. 2, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye, File)   (Associated Press)
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Alan Alda, shown in New York City in August 2005, can be found on stage and screen and in the bookstore with "Never Have Your Dog Stuffed."   (KRT Photos)
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