When I heard Clay Aiken was considering running for Congress I didn’t know what to expect. I warmed to the idea after I first saw Clay Aiken’s announcement that he is running for Congress in the 2nd District? I saw commitment and a seriousness that I didn’t expect. This is clearly no joke.
It’s obvious to me right off the bat that this is no vanity campaign. Clay is fortunate that he can live comfortably and there are plenty of other things he could be doing. I think it was a master stroke of his young campaign to remind people that – long before his American Idol fame – Clay’s heart was in the right place, and still is. He never, ever “went Hollywood” when his career took off and he certainly didn’t forget where he came from.
I admire that a lot. I think it’s a winning message, too. If Clay can keep showing people how down to earth he is and prove that he’s not another pretty face – that he grasps the challenges his prospective constituents are facing – he could make the 2nd District race a very interesting one (he does need to lose the makeup, though, if he wants to avoid the “pretty face” label).