A finely judged campaign song can reach almost legendary level. Think of FDR’s “Happy Days Are Here Again” or Bill Clinton’s “Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow.”
But on the other hand there are the campaign songs that are laughable or worse. Adlai Stevenson’s much-derided Madison Avenue ditties may have done as much to harm his own campaign as President Eisenhower’s “I Like Ike” tune did to help his.
Thomas Lane takes us through the top three mistakes campaigns can make, starting with Mitt Romney’s new anthem.
