Presidential campaign workers were forced to improvise a re-election campaign rally music playlist in less than 24 hours after a whirlwind trip from the presidential debate in Denver, Colo., to President Barack Obama’s Thursday afternoon rally in Madison.
So they used a copy of First Lady Michelle Obama’s mix CD for her husband for their Oct. 3 anniversary as the soundtrack to pep up the crowd of 30,000 people on Bascom Hill.
The list of songs on the CD included romantic, soulful tracks such as “Love You I Do” by Jennifer Hudson, “Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)” by Stevie Wonder and “Let’s Stay Together” by Al Green.
Several country songs such as “My Town” by Montgomery Gentry and “Everyday America” by Sugarland were also featured on the playlist. These, however, are not believed to have originated from Mrs. Obama’s sultry CD, but rather from another mix CD entitled “’Murrica BBQ” left behind in the White House mini chapelby former President George W. Bush.
“One minute I was bumpin’ and grindin’ up against a random girl in front of me, and the next I was square dancing with over 50 people,” said UW-Madison senior Dan Sinqueene. “That playlist was such a tease.”
Rally attendees should be thankful campaign workers did not pick up Vice President Joe Biden’s blues-screamo mix CD, entitled “Crying Alone in the Oval Office,” which was lying dangerously close to Mrs. Obama’s disc on a pile in Air Force One.
