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How That Streisand Endorsement Came About
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| Contributor | The Sunset Provision |
| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Nov 29, 2007 08:53pm |
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| News Date | Friday, November 30, 2007 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Barbara Streisand’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton a day after word came that Oprah Winfrey would stump for Barack Obama made for delicious timing, and The New York Post, for one, couldn’t resist slapping together a battle-of-the-divas “tale of the tape,” stacking up Babs’s “71 million albums sold” against Oprah’s “9 million viewers.”
But was the polarizing Ms. Streisand, an icon of Hollywood’s liberal left, really a wise choice as a comeback to a cultural phenomenon so popular and powerful she can singlehandedly anoint bestsellers? And for a candidate as polarizing as Mrs. Clinton?
As the dust settled Wednesday, Ms. Streisand’s people were insisting that the timing was entirely accidental, and acknowledging privately that the comparison wasn’t exactly welcome. But they insisted that Ms. Streisand’s endorsement was a mightier weapon in a Democratic primary than one might guess after scrolling through some of the more vicious rantings about her that surface in comment sections of blogs like this one.
The spotlight on the two entertainment icons was just the latest flurry of attention for Hollywood backers of presidential candidates. Though Mr. Obama made a splash by picking up the support of David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg of Dreamworks early this year, their partner, Steven Spielberg, and Peter Chernin of News Corp. came out for Mrs. Clinton soon after, scotching any notions that her Hollywood base was deserting her.
Since then Rob Reiner has added his name to Mrs. Clinton’s camp, while Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt have come out for John Edwards. And Chuck Norris, better known for infomercials than butt-kicking movies these days, has surfaced behind the Republican Mike Huckabee.
Still, the big celebrity endorsements haven’t really started to roll in yet, and likely won’t until campaigns seek stars on the stump as the caucusing and voting start.
But fund-raising, not endorsements, is the name of the game in Hollywoo |
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