What could be more cool?

The Illinois senate race (a favorite topic of this blog) has cooled down for the moment. However, the reporters covering still have to earn a living. So, the Trib has a story about the impact that Obama's campaign has had in Kenya, the land where his father grew up. In what has to be one of the best lead-ins I've ever read, apparently the way to order a local beer, named 'Senator,' is to ask for an Obama. I ask you: What could be more cool? I'm not sure if it's necessarily a good thing that Barack Obama has joined the ranks of the Tom Collins and Harvey Wallbangers of the world (at least in Kenya), but I do know that I chuckled when I read about it.

Unrelated sidenote: Dave Mathews is still in trouble for dumping 800 pounds of human waste onto a tour boat as his band's bus was crossing a bridge over the Chicago river.