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 10 Best Viral Election Videos 

Web offers chance to poke fun, change a few minds

(Newser) - Viral election videos offer campy calls for change, seamless special effects, and more than a few celebrity cameos. Laughs aside, “over the past decade they’ve also impacted politics—sometimes changing the course of elections and frequently providing a few laughs in an otherwise wonky world,” Jeffrey Ressner writes in picking Politico's top 10 of '08. Yes We Can : Will.i.am’s minimalist all-star Obama tribute "may be the most creative video of any type to emerge this year.” Dear Mr. Obama : An injured Iraq veteran explains why war is a good thing. More »

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 Mike Gravel Woos Obama Girl 

Quirky Libertarian hits YouTube, but can't win her away from Barack

(Newser) - The quirkiest presidential candidate has found a new platform—a drop-dead funny video spot with Web fave Obama Girl, writes AOL blogger Liza Porteus Viana. Libertarian Mike Gravel does the Soulja Boy dance in an attempt to sway the famous Barack booster. “You should drop your crush on Obama," sings Gravel, 77, who should probably keep his day job. Alas, he fails to win her over. More »

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 Obama Girl's
 Town Is Hot for Hillary

Hazleton, Pa., doesn't share YouTube star's crush

(Newser) - Turns out that Obama Girl, aka Amber Lee Ettinger, hails from Hazleton, Pa., which is right in the heart of Clinton country. To get a sense of how her candidate’s message is getting through, McClatchy visited Ettinger’s family and neighbors in this former coal town near Scranton, Hillary’s family home. Turns out the town definitely does not share her crush on Obama. More »

 Obama Inspires 
 Caribbean Serenade 

Candidate-themed calypso, reggae tunes hit YouTube

(Newser) - Barack Obama is inspiring tropical love songs, the Miami Herald reports, and the tunes—from Trinidad calypso king the Mighty Sparrow’s Barack the Magnificent to Jamaican reggae fixture Cocoa Tea’s Barak Obahama —are firing up YouTube. The songs are also a signal of the Illinois Democrat's popularity outside the US, particularly in Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba. More »

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Websites Spark 'Baracklash'

Even Obama-lovers put up firewall of online sarcasm

(Newser) - The Internet may love Barack Obama—he leads other presidential hopefuls in online fundraising—but some new Obama sites are a tad sarcastic, the Washington Post reports. Sites like BarackObamaIsYourNewBicycle.com and SenatorObamas.com are poking fun at Obamamania even as they partake in it. “It’s a backlash with a small ‘b,’” liberal analyst Peter Leyden said. “A ‘baracklash.’” More »

Obama Girl's Crush Is Unrequited

Barack says sexy dancer's antics are confusing his daughter

(Newser) - Barack Obama has no love for sexy fan "Obama Girl." The hot YouTube video featuring the aspiring model crushing on the candidate is confusing his 6-year-old daughter and he says he finds it hard to take. She said, "Daddy, already has a wife," he told the AP. "You wish people would think about what impact their actions have on kids and families." More »

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