Posted on 08/20/2008 3:13:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A few weeks ago, I noted a shift in polling data indicating that Barack Obama's stranglehold on the so-called "youth vote" was weakening. A Reuters summary of the latest Zogby poll confims the trend:
"Obama's support among voters between the ages of 18 and 29, which had been one of his strengths, slipped 12 percentage points to 52 percent. McCain, who will turn 72 next week, was winning 40 percent of younger voters."
Anecdotally, I can attest that several of my friends — fellow twenty-somethings — who were once quite enthusiastic about Obama have recently expressed disappointment in his campaign. "I'm so sick of reading headlines like 'Obama Slams McCain,' or vice versa," one told me. "I thought that this campaign would actually be different, but it's not. It's depressing."
The more Obama wades into the mud, the less transcendent he appears, and his Unity/Hope/Change message is exposed for the vacuous nonsense that it is. This data should be worrisome for Team Obama because their ultimate base is slipping away. Perhaps it's time for another super-hip will.i.am video.
Actually, beating down Obama at this stage is counter-productive...he needs to be strong enough to fend off Hillary’s convention coup next week.
Obama is low hanging fruit.
A better post would be knocking Hillary.
LOL...I bet he never bowled before because only low-lifes play the game - and not MARXISTS (like he is). My dad said that the Soviet Union had bowling banned.
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