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To: Dale Baker who wrote (47092)	1/28/2008 1:01:57 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (3) of 541749

Both our 20-something sons are strongly for Obama. A week ago, after Obama did something one of them viewed as lowering himself into the fray with Clinton, he was worried his choice was "selling out". This "rising above" the prevailing political tactics, with the emphasis on unity, is what I believe appeals to the young people. They are as ready to be rid of the old guard (which not that long ago was the new one!) as my generation was to be rid of Nixon and Vietnam. Hillary is seen by them to be part of this old guard. Obama is youth and hope and vision. I know Syb has seen this in her classrooms, also. THe race card may still have resonance for certain demographics, but not for my sons and their friends. It's meaningless. If anything, the Jesse Jackson insertion seems like a cheap trick to them. As does Hillary's appearing in Florida. Young people today are pretty cynical, but they also still have hope that things don't have to remain as they are. As for Obama's "youth", wasn't Bill Clinton just 46 or 47 when elected? He was the first Baby Boomer and one of the youngest presidents ever. Yes, he had been a governor-- but then so had GWB- and of a much larger state. We all know how much good that did.

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