Clay Aiken

I’ve found The following quote on Clay’s Daily Double they search for mentions of Clay’s name and this time it was in a political context:

Obama tour staged for political pop

Wed Jul 23, 5:42 AM ET

JERUSALEM - Barack Obama doesn’t travel light. Halfway around the world, the Obama campaign machine appears as sprawling and seamless as it is on its home turf. As the presumptive Democratic nominee tours five countries in five days, he brings an entourage that would make a pop star envious.

A dozen top foreign policy advisers are either traveling with Obama or doing groundwork ahead of his arrival in each country. This group is supplemented by his usual contingent of almost a dozen traveling aides, including chief campaign strategist David Axelrod and communications director Robert Gibbs, and too many advance staff to count. With layers of Secret Service agents, they zipped through Amman Tuesday in a motorcade of 20 vehicles….

…But when the Arizona senator (McCain) traveled to Mexico and Colombia last month, he mobilized only eight staff members, including two foreign policy advisers, two press aides, two advance workers and two assistants to Cindy McCain, said campaign spokesman Brian Rogers.

“Who does he think he is?” Rogers asked of Obama. “Clay Aiken?”
Fenn said the Obama’s traveling contingent was appropriate.
“With such a high-visibility trip, with so many countries covered and so many press people covering the trip, the number of staff is not out of line,” he said….

I thought it was funny so I brought it here.