MUSIC INDUSTRY: MR. Mellencamp Goes to Washington?

Singer's not likely to run for Senate seat, but Dems love his appeal In the wake of Evan Bayh's decision not to seek another term as a senator from Indiana, you could call it a sign of Democrats' dire need that some activists have launched a movement to draft singer John Mellencamp as a replacement candidate. But you could just as easily call it a sign of just how much Mellencamp would be a wild card that conservative commentators immediately and derisively cast Mellencamp as a lefty, even th...

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