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Young people have bailed on Obama. Why that matters a lot.
wapo ^ | Dec. 4, 2013 | Sean Sullivan and Scott Clement

Posted on 12/05/2013 6:14:10 AM PST by PROCON

One of President Obama's chief political assets has been his ability to excite young people like almost no politician in history. But the days of America's youth fawning over the president are over.

A new Harvard University Institute of Politics poll released Wednesday confirms what other surveys have shown in recent months: Millennials have soured on Obama so much this year that their opinion of him largely mirrors the American public's.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 0bama; 2013polls; bho44; frontpage; millennials; theyutes; youthobamacare
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If 0bama and the 'rats don't have the "yute" vote in 2014, the Senate goes to the 'pubs; at least that kills 0bozo's agenda thru 2016.
1 posted on 12/05/2013 6:14:11 AM PST by PROCON
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2 posted on 12/05/2013 6:16:44 AM PST by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: PROCON

Consider though, that something could happen (civil unrest/ false flag event) and martial law ensues whereby the elections are suspended.


3 posted on 12/05/2013 6:16:53 AM PST by Faith65 (Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior!)
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But have they bailed on their love affair with socialism?

Or are they just disappointed in Obama because they thought that he’d be the one they’d been waiting for to implement it “right”?


4 posted on 12/05/2013 6:17:59 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: PROCON

I still want them to suffer ten more years for their stupidity. They turned off their brains in the name of liberal idealism. They should feel the effects of such actions until they’ll never forget.


5 posted on 12/05/2013 6:18:32 AM PST by Smedley (It's a sad day for American capitalism when a man can't fly a midget on a kite over Central Park)
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To: PROCON

We can hope and pray that your scenario will play out!


6 posted on 12/05/2013 6:19:28 AM PST by basil (2ASisters.org)
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To: Faith65

An armed society is a polite society..........


7 posted on 12/05/2013 6:20:23 AM PST by basil (2ASisters.org)
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To: PROCON

so what? they’ll just go for hillary, saying it’s time for a woman to be president, wake me when America runs through the long line of ‘thisgroupdeservesachancetobepresident’s.


8 posted on 12/05/2013 6:20:52 AM PST by InvisibleChurch (http://thegatwickview.tumblr.com/ http://thepurginglutheran.tumblr.com/)
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I sense the entertainment-soaked youth of America will simply go for the next clown who can be turned into a hollywood-political celebrity while running for office.


9 posted on 12/05/2013 6:21:10 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Smedley

As I posted elsewhere, I believe it is the dream of conservatives everywhere that hardcore true believers in socialism be subjected to the consequences of their ideology without affecting the rest of us.

About the only way that can happen is with strict application of the 10th amendment. Or secession.


10 posted on 12/05/2013 6:23:28 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Faith65

Revolt will still come, Americans are ARMED to the teeth.


11 posted on 12/05/2013 6:23:30 AM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: InvisibleChurch

Prediction: Hillary will not run, simply because for one of two reasons, by 2016, she will either have health issues or focus her new title: grandmother.


12 posted on 12/05/2013 6:25:20 AM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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Have the Youth figured out they are being screwed by Obamacare?

Have they figured out the less than 30 hour work week.

Have they figured out the huge premiums they will pay are for other peoples benefits (not theirs)?

Have they figured out the FINES ARE TO FORCE THEM TO PAY THE HUGE PREMIUMS yet?

13 posted on 12/05/2013 6:25:34 AM PST by sr4402
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To: basil

>> We can hope and pray that your scenario will play out!

Praying’s good. GOD works in mysterious ways, but boldly asking Him for what we need is what He expects from us.

He said so! :-)


14 posted on 12/05/2013 6:25:38 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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Obamacare is worse than a student loan, it will tie their hands financially for the rest of their lives.

You don’t have to be so smart to figure that out.


15 posted on 12/05/2013 6:26:31 AM PST by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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I still want them to suffer ten more years for their stupidity. They turned off their brains in the name of liberal idealism. They should feel the effects of such actions until they’ll never forget.

Your anger is misdirected, IMHO. The media colleges/universities propagandized the h$ll out of our youth. They were gullible and swallowed the lies hook, line and sinker. Why can't we find a way to punish the media and colleges/universities?

On the other hand, they may have just created a generation of life-long conservatives that never vote for a democrat again? (okay, so I can dream)

16 posted on 12/05/2013 6:27:21 AM PST by Go Gordon (Barack McGreevey Obama)
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To: Biggirl

I pray that the America I grew up in and love will survive this administration.


17 posted on 12/05/2013 6:27:52 AM PST by Faith65 (Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior!)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Similar to youth sobering up during Carter years. Vote like a fool, graduate, no jobs, suddenly awake.


18 posted on 12/05/2013 6:30:23 AM PST by albie
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To: Smedley

The only way to fix them is to send each and every one of them on a one-year sabbatical before age 25 to their choice of a) North Korea or b) Cuba.

I spent 7 months in remote regions of Red China in the mid-70s when I was 25 years old. The school of hard knocks works wonders.


19 posted on 12/05/2013 6:31:09 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: MrB

I agree with your premise about subjecting socialists directly to their own stupidity, but I’m not in favor of succession, and the trouble with the 10th amendment is that liberals are free to cross state boundaries and take their idiotic voting patterns with them.

Sometimes the only solution is to let liberals burn their own cities to the ground with mismanagement as an example, and hope there are enough intelligent voters to notice causation


20 posted on 12/05/2013 6:31:39 AM PST by Smedley (It's a sad day for American capitalism when a man can't fly a midget on a kite over Central Park)
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