NPR: It's Obama Versus (Bill) Clinton For Grammy Award

It's Obama Versus (Bill) Clinton For Grammy Award

There's another Clinton-Obama battle shaping up, this one away from Iowa and New Hampshire. This time its the other Clinton, former President Bill Clinton, versus Illinois Senator Barack Obama at this year's Grammy Awards. Both Democrats have been nominated in the Best Spoken Word Album category. (Do they still call them albums? Wait, I've having a flashback to the 70s.)

Clinton's been nominated for the reading of his book "Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World" and Obama for his book "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream."

Oh yea, there are other nominees, including another president: Maya Angelou, Jimmy Carter and Alan Alda.

Obama is actually the reigning champ in this category. He won it last year for his reading of the autobiographical "Dreams of My Father."

5:16 PM ET | 12- 7-2007 | permalink

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