Obama not doing NASCAR sponsorship

[MinM]

Good move by the Obama camp. They'd get accused of pandering and worse:

Obama not doing NASCAR sponsorship

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - NASCAR's BAM Racing team has presented Barack Obama's presidential campaign with a potential sponsorship deal in the Sprint Cup series later this year, but it doesn't look like an Obama car will be burning rubber on the track anytime soon.

BAM team spokesman Rhett Vandiver told The Associated Press on Friday that the team made a sponsorship proposal to the Democratic presidential hopeful's campaign, and has made similar proposals to the campaign of Republican John McCain and at least one third-party candidate...

Sports Illustrated first reported the proposal on its Web site, saying Obama's campaign is in talks with BAM, a part-time operation that hasn't raced in recent weeks, to sponsor its No. 49 car in the Aug. 3 race at Pocono.

It would have been a fairly bold move within a sport whose competitors spend all year turning left on the track but tend to lean to the right politically...
http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/8336678/Obama-not-doing-NASCAR-sponsorship

[a la izquierda]

1. I thought this was a brilliant idea

particularly since the race was in NE Pennsylvania.

My husband and I are die-hard Nascar fans (believe it or not). I thought it was so rad when I first caught wind of this.:shrug:

[Tutonic]

2. NASCAR needs to clean up its image. Even the black NASCAR

driver can't think of his first name--last name Lester has spoken out on several occasions about the rampant racism.