John Mayer And U2 In Politics.... Tips Edwards For Presidential Success John Mayer has tipped presidential candidate John Edwards to reach the White House because he "connects" with the youth of America.The Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter met Edwards for the first time at the Time Magazine 100 gala in New York City last week (09May07).Edwards reveals he sought advice from the 29-year-old singer on how to impress young voters.The Democratic candidate says, "He was talking about the language of young people, his generation."He basically said, 'You've got to get me in the first 20 seconds. I watch movies on YouTube, and if they're 25 seconds long, they're five seconds too long.' " U2 To Rock The Vote For Hillary Clinton?Rock superstars U2 are leading the race to land the campaign song for U.S.Senator Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, with two songs in the Democrat's shortlist.Clinton has launched a competition on her website asking people to vote for which song she should use as she battles to become the American leader in next year's (08) election.
US songs City Of Blinding Lights and Beautiful Day are in the nine track shortlist alongside The Staple Singers' I'll Take You There, The Temptations' Get Ready and Dixie Chicks' Ready To Run.
Also included in the final nine are Shania Twain's Rock This Country!, K.T.
Tunstall's Suddenly I See, Smash Mouth's I'm A Believer and Jesus Jones' Right Here, Right Now.
Clinton's husband, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, used Fleetwood Mac classic Don't Stop for his successful campaign in 1992.
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