Saturday, October 18, 2008

Creative Politics

When Obama Girl released her tribute to Barack Obama that went viral a year ago, I had some hope that we might see creative approaches to presidential politics. We've seen some strong, very creative work from The Daily Show, which has pointed out some of the absurdities of this election season in hugely entertaining reporting. But it takes a cast of dozens to keep it edgy and entertaining. Certainly, Jon Stewart is doing the best corporate media work these days.

And what about the regular folk? There's no one doing better work these days than Michael Gregory, who is providing some of the most inspired mash-ups on the election. You've got to see them to believe them. They give me great hope for the future of the web and the next generation. I've included his VP Debate below, but go to his YouTube page to see the presidential debates in song and dance.

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