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2008: Bono

ABC News
The Note
February 28, 2007

Many political reporters are frustrated sports writers and rock critics - which is why the most over-used and annoying political cliché of the season is to describe a hot candidate as "like a rock star." But it is a REAL rock star, Bono, who has dominated presidential politics for the last 48 hours. Proving that he has more entrée than Roger Simon and Dan Glickman combined, the U2 warbler is meeting with potential 44s all week. According to a reliable source, Bono has tete-a-teted privately already with 5 of the Big 6 (McCain, Clinton, Romney, Obama, and Edwards, and he is expected to meet with Giuliani today), plus Sens. Brownback and Hagel. In Ireland, we call that influence. Bono's been making the rounds on behalf of DATA, and the ONE Campaign. He hopes to meet with other contenders, such as Dodd and Biden, in the future.