Now, I’m not up on all the polling and the plethora of democraphic numbers related to this year’s election, but this just seems really really stupid to me: Sheryl Crow is the main artist used for the Rock the Vote 2008 campaign. You can see the campaign at www.rockthevote.com/sherylwantsyoutovote.

Kudos to Sheryl for doing the good work, but is she really someone who reaches out to voters who don’t often vote? Are there a lot of inner-city Sheryl Crow fans I don’t know about? Is she the hot new thing for MySpace/Facebook-plugged 19 year olds? I honestly can’t help but wonder if the carefully apolitical Rock the Vote organizers went for someone safe because a hip-hop/R&B artist or a hip young rock band would be too obviously in favor of Obama’s campaign.Â

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