Campaign Theme Songs

As the presidential primary campaigns are only days away, it seems like it's time to start thinking of campaign theme songs. Today, I start with Sen. Hillary Clinton because the choice for her just seems obvious.

Sen. Hillary Clinton memorably said during her husband's first run for the presidency in 1992 that she was not "some little woman, standing by my man, like Tammy Wynette." Well, as we all know, history took a strange turn or two and the former First Lady ended up pulling the biggest Tammy Wynette in American history. So it seems clear to me that Sen. Clinton should choose Stand by Your Man as her campaign theme song.



Sure, it reminds people of the unpleasant Lewinsky years. On the other hand, I daresay the country could use a reminder of simpler times in the 1990s when whether the president was having an affair was the major problem troubling America. Moreover, it might evoke some sympathy for a woman who increasingly looks more programmed than my Tivo.

Of course, Sen. Clinton, who continued her 2000 Senate campaign with fortitude in the face of relentless, ruthless, and just plain cruel questioning about her marriage even when she was down in the polls, perhaps has had enough of this topic. In that case, I suggest Independent Woman by Destiny's Child as an alternative selection. The Charlie's Angels theme song could give her that extra edge on security issues that all the candidates are desperately searching for this year.