After organizing a solid platform, devising a shrewd get-out-the-vote strategy, and ironing out countless important details, a political candidate is finally faced with the only electoral decision that actually matters: choosing a soundtrack. The right campaign anthem has the power to crystallize a message or inspire dedicated supporters. It can even achieve the minor miracle of making a very stiff white man in a suit appear slightly less square, if only temporarily.
The issue of a fitting campaign soundtrack is typically the province of presidential candidates, but theme music could probably stand to be employed more often in local races—if only to add a little pizzazz to the usually dour proceedings, especially with the Illinois primary approaching on March 15. There is one local candidate in particular who might want to consider adopting a piece of music that—due mostly to coincidental wordplay—is just too good to pass up.
