Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Democratic Wars : Babs VS Oprah

As the announcement of Oprah Winfrey stumping for White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) continues to dominate political chatter, the campaign of chief rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) rolled out Tuesday the endorsement of megastar Barbra Streisand.

Streisand is being used to reclaim the political news cycle---there's been a lot of pondering going on in print and cable over the value of celebrity endorsements in general and Winfrey in particular.

The announcement did not say if Streisand, a longtime Democratic activist who has been close to Bill and Hill for years--would go on the stump for Clinton. Unlike Winfrey, a beloved figure who until now has stayed away from politics in order to not devalue her brand, Streisand is the star Repubublicans love to brand as a left-winger. (
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ugh. Someone put that talentless hack Streisand out of her misery already. She needs to get her giant nose out of things for once. Time to fade away gracefully, honey.

Anonymous said...

Sniping & bitchiness is unbecoming. Don't be such a jealous queen.