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Barack Obama's celebrity 'wish list' for campaign 2012 revealed

by theGrio | January 13, 2012 at 4:41 PM
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Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

George Clooney

George Clooney

Ledesi

Ledesi

Kerry Washington

Kerry Washington

Jay-Z

Jay-Z

Emmitt Smith

Emmitt Smith

B.o.B.

B.o.B.

Gwen Stefani

Gwen Stefani

Will.I.Am

Will.I.Am

Laila Ali

Laila Ali

Jessica Alba

Jessica Alba

India Arie

India Arie

Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx

Ernie Banks

Ernie Banks

Dewey Bozella

Dewey Bozella

Esperanza Spalding

Esperanza Spalding

Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper

Fergie

Fergie

Tina Fey

Tina Fey

Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

Grant Hill

Grant Hill

Adam Levine

Adam Levine

Eva Longoria

Eva Longoria

Mario Lopez

Mario Lopez

Audra McDonald

Audra McDonald

Chrisette Michele

Chrisette Michele

Lea Michele

Lea Michele

Janelle Monae

Janelle Monae

Alonzo Mourning

Alonzo Mourning

The Jonas Brothers

The Jonas Brothers

Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker

Al Green

Al Green

Bette Midler

Bette Midler

Chris Pine

Chris Pine

Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo

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President Barack Obama is looking to add a whole lot of star power to his 2012 re-election campaign. The Obama campaign has put together a massive list of prominent sports, music, film and television icons they hope will act as surrogates for the president during the general election. Unfortunately for them, but fortunately for us, the list was leaked online. Here are just a few of the famous faces being recruited for team Obama. And no, Matt Damon didn’t make the cut.

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