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"I Want You to Want Me": A Presidential Debate Party Playlist

There has been a great deal of controversy lately about polling and sampling. So to take the most accurate temperature of the vox populi for tonight's presidential debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney, I went directly to my Twitter followers and asked them for their Debate Party Playlists.
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DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 03: University of Denver students Zach Gonzales (L) and Dia Mohamed stand in for U.S. President Barack Obama, Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney during a dress rehearsal for tomorrow's presidential debate at University of Denver on October 2, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. Tomorrow marks the first presidential debate with the two candidates as little more than one month remains before Americans head to the polls to elect their president for the next four years. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 03: University of Denver students Zach Gonzales (L) and Dia Mohamed stand in for U.S. President Barack Obama, Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney during a dress rehearsal for tomorrow's presidential debate at University of Denver on October 2, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. Tomorrow marks the first presidential debate with the two candidates as little more than one month remains before Americans head to the polls to elect their president for the next four years. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

There has been a great deal of controversy lately about polling and sampling. So to take the most accurate temperature of the vox populi for tonight's presidential debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney, I went directly to my Twitter followers @wildaboutmusic, and asked them for their Debate Party Playlists. Because this may be the only party that we can all support and enjoy. As always, please do the American thing, and cast your own song votes below.

I WANT YOU TO WANT ME -- Cheap Trick @dubigood
SHOUT -- The Isley Brothers @kurt_loder
WE JUST DISAGREE -- Dave Mason @ChaimSBI
LET'S STAY TOGETHER -- President Obama @ChaimSBI
ELECTED -- Alice Cooper @ShaveCreme
WORLD LEADER PRETEND -- REM @TravisBell74
LOVE AND WAR -- Neil Young @bpwesterhoff
WHEN I AM PRESIDENT -- Ian Hunter @BuckyKatt
SHARP DRESSED MAN -- ZZ Top @AdamHenderson17
WHITE LIAR -- Miranda Lambert @prevaila
MR. NOVEMBER -- The National @sergiobreezy
LIES -- Thompson Twins @Krommsan
LIAR -- Rollins Band @BillGrossman4
EASY MONEY -- Brad Paisley @Tracypaints
DON'T BE CRUEL -- Elvis Presley @2lazylabs
CULT OF PERSONALITY -- Living Colour @FranksCopula
DIRTY LAUNDRY -- Don Henley @moonpie69

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