Election 2008: the soundtrack

I'm listening to a playlist I made a while ago, "Maybe 2008 won't be like 2004." The mix of songs matches the mix of my emotions: one minute optimistic, the next minute despairing, the next minute simply really pissed off.

1. Don't Make Me a Target - Spoon
2. Yes We Can Can - the Pointer Sisters
3. War Pigs - Cake
4. 16 Military Wives - the Decembrists
5. Free World - Kirsty MacColl
6. Big Hollow Man - Danielle Dax (this one goes out to Sarah Palin!)
7. Mentira - Manu Chao (this one goes out to John McCain... and just about every Republican lying sack of s*** who has opened his or her mouth this election)
8. Peace Love & Understanding - Amy Rigby
9. Ride the Fence - the Coup (this one goes out to all you "undecided voters.")
   
10. The Revolution Starts Now - Steve Earle (a defiant anthem... and a reminder of the heartbreak last time)
11. It's a New Day - the Skull Snaps
12. There Won't Be Trumpets - Bernadette Peters (are we the ones we've been waiting for?)
13. Yes We Can (pass 3) - Tano Sokolow, ingenious mashup artist

If you hear a gentle crunching noise in the background... that's just me nibbling my nails down to the quick. Hoping for the best, trying to be braced for the worst...