Posted on 05/19/2009 7:35:12 PM PDT by jacobny
(Daiy News)..Now comes the real blockbuster election - one that will hinge just as much on complex demographic, technological and geographic factors as last year's epic presidential battle.
We are talking, of course, about "American Idol," the season finale of which will begin Tuesday night and end Wednesday night with the crowning of a new Idol.
Theories abound over who has the inside edge - the neo-glam, San Diego-bred Adam Lambert, 27, or the younger, more down-home Kris Allen, 23, of Conway, Ark.
Veteran political consultants say the 2008 presidential election is a useful prism through which to view this high-profile faceoff.
"The profiles of Adam and Kris suggest that this is really a red state versus blue state showdown," suggested Chris Lehane, a California-based political consultant who worked on the presidential campaigns of Al Gore and John Kerry.
The way Lehane sees it, Adam is the liberal in this race, the hipster from big blue California with a certain progressive flair, including painted fingernails and copious amounts of eyeliner.
Kris is more of a red-state country boy - a baby-faced, guitar-pickin', churchgoin' son of the land of Woo Pig Soiee, which voted solidly Republican in the last election.
"It will come down to whether Adam is able to build on the blue-state, progressive wave we have seen building since 2006, or whether this is a last gasp for the red state viewer/voter," explained Lehane by e-mail.
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Real men don’t wear eye liner.
PING!
No they don't, but damn that boy can sing. Just my opinion, but if this is a singing contest... it's no contest: Adam by a mile. The red state/blue state stuff is just stupid.
I agree. I adore listening to Adam sing and he makes me want to dance like Elvis did.
Adam is really good but Kris did himself real proud tonight
I like Kris. I can’t stand the weird noises that Adam makes.
Should we really give a flying s**t about American Idol?
Nope, what we should care about is WHAT or WHOM we idolize.
Here’s the commentary...red v blue
Not everything Adam does is my style either, but if you have any doubts as to his singing ability, just search “Adam Lambert Brigadoon” on YouTube.
If he kept singing like Brigadoon I’d have voted for him and bought his CD. He abandoned his first love, theater arts, to become a rock star, and that hurt him in more ways than he probably realizes.
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