Thinking about a playlist for election night on Tuesday:

• The Love of Richard Nixon, Manic Street Preachers
• I'm Afraid of Americans, David Bowie
• American Idiot, Green Day
  One of these is in his last days in the Oval Office.
• New York, U2
• This is Not America, David Bowie
• Last Boat to America, David Gray
• Elvis Presley and America, U2
• Young Americans, David Bowie
  They'll be voting in unprecedented numbers.
• MLK, U2
  Surely if Obama wins, this would be part of Dr King's dream.
• Californication, Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Repeat (Stars and Stripes), Manic Street Preachers
• America, Chris Tomlin
• IfWhiteAmericaToldTheTruthForOneDayIt'sWorldWouldFallApart (sic), Manic Street Preachers
• How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us, R.E.M.
• Say What You Want, Texas
• Your Love is Like Las Vegas, The Thrills
• City of Blinding Lights, U2
  This is the song that accompanies Senator Obama when he approaches the lectern at his rallies.