Obama Wins Maine, Grammy, Free iPod
Big weekend for Barack Obama. Yesterday, he won Nebraska, Washington and Louisiana, and today it's looking like he's gonna be walking home with Maine in his pocket as well. With 79% of precincts reporting, he's up on Clinton 59% to 41%, taking 15 delegates to her 9.
With him on a roll like this, is there anything he can't win? How about a Grammy?
Actually, he's got that one covered, too…
The presidential candidate beat both former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter to win best spoken word album for his audio version of his book "The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming The American Dream."
Clinton's people have been quick to put the proper spin on Obama's victory, citing the well-known "Grammy Curse." As I'm sure you know, candidates who win Grammy's early in their political careers, always end up sputtering out shortly thereafter. Just look at what happened to Hootie & the Blowfish's political aspirations. They couldn't get elected as head dogcatcher these days.
On the other hand, Franklin Roosevelt didn't seem to suffer much after he won that Grammy in 1932 for his slow jam "It's Hard Out Here for a Cripple."



