Election Talk: Obama's Internet Advantage

An advance talking point for you to use with friends when they ask on 5 November, "Why did Barack Obama win the election?"

In the contest of Internet videos, here's an entry from the Obama camp which updates Budweiser's "Wassup?" marketing campaign of 2000. It's contemporary but appeals to those of you who still associate video literacy with the dot.com '90s. And it's got an inside joke, since John McCain owes much of his political and personal fortune to marriage to Ms Cindy, daughter of one of America's largest Budweiser distributors:

[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq8Uc5BFogE[/youtube]

Now, let's have a glance at an Internet contribution backing John McCain:

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So if you get asked, in the next six days, "Wassup?" --- just answer, "The Democratic campaign".