Jon Bright (London, OK): The conservative party has launched a new campaign today - "You can get it if you really want." The similarities to the Obama campaign are almost overwhelming - the non-specific but positive slogan, the slick editing and upbeat tunes, the constant references to change. Because political parties in the UK are still wrapping their heads around the internet, they haven't posted the video on YouTube (though they have, curiously, posted a video advertising the fact that there is another video, which feels a bit like emailing someone to say you're sending them an email). So I can't embed it - but you can see it here. They also advertise a endorsement video by Matthew Vaughan, the British Lawrence Bender to Guy Ritchie's Quentin Tarantino, which I have been unable to find but have very high hopes for - will David Cameron be persuaded to call Gordon Brown a nonce or tell Nick Clegg and Ed Davey to keep their Alans on?
I can, however, include this equally slick work from team Obama - a "Yes, we can" medley.
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Would César Chávez, whose United Farm Workers came up with the original and not quite transliterated phrase (Si, se puede) have sung along to either of their tunes? Will the next great (as in long lasting) transatlantic partnership be Obama - Cameron? If it is, we can at least rely on them to produce slightly better videos than this one.
