Visitors Fut Coins to CNN today can play Presidential Pong, which is, predictably enough, a game of Pong using caricatures of prominent Fifa coins 2008 presidential candidates as paddles. Each candidate possesses a power-up move based on some factoid, which is explained in varying degrees of coherency. For example, according to the site, "[Barack] Obama's special strength--The Lincoln's Statehouse Power Up--allowed him to hold on to the ball and throw it back whenever he wants because nothing seems to stick to him unless he wants it to."
On the other hand, former prisoner-of-war John McCain has a military veteran power up, which "made the movement of the ball on his opponent's side of the field unpredictable, like during war." In a more ambitious exploration of the intersection between games and politics, University of Southern California today announced the imminent unveiling of The Redestricting Game. A joint project among the university's Annenberg Center for Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, and School of Cinematic Arts, The Redestricting Game deals with the practice of gerrymandering, or redrawing electoral districts with the goal of securing a favorable outcome for one party or another.