Call Me Maybe

If you haven't watched the YouTube video of Barack Obama spliced-singing "Call Me Maybe" (by Carly Rae Jepson), you must do so by clicking here.  Now--and it's worth it--click here to watch the US Olympic Swim Team lip-sync the same song.

Now imagine what fun it would be if Barack Obama and the swim team joined up to produce a music video at the White House.  It's just what the campaign needs.  Sure, Mitt Romney injected levity last week during his trip to England, but Obama could use some humor in the midst of this long summer full of depressing news.

Of course there's the downside that the song--with its emphasis on the word "maybe"--could suggest that the President has been too hesitant in his first term, a fair criticism no doubt.  But he could pull off the performance in such a way as to poke fun at himself and engage voters all across the country.

So call or email or tweet David Axelrod (or Jim Messina or David Plouffe or Julianna Smoot or Rufus Gifford) and tell them to lighten up.  It's time for the President--with the help of America's best swimmers--to go viral. 

This may be crazy, but call me maybe.