13 blog reactions to blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2007/11/16/obamas_got_the_youth_vote_and.html

t know who I’ll support. Despite my own indecision, everyone else seems to have concluded that I’ll choose Obama. Since his announcement he’s been declared “the youth candidate” by everyone from the Washington Post to The New York Times. We young people, particularly us feminists, keep hearing that we’ll be supporting Obama because he’s the face of a “new politics.” It’s not that I don’t like Barack Obama. I like him. A lot. When he talks about the

Obama in Second Life Second Life Obama Support Group Obama in Second Life HILLARY CLINTON’S TECH PLAN * JOHN EDWARDS TECH PLAN Obama’s got the youth vote article here: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2007/11/16/obamas_got_the_youth_vote_and.html Will Obama Turn Out Young Voters in Iowa? http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/11/will_obama_turn_out_young_vote.php CAMPAIGN NEWS http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_071116.htm

seem enthralled by him. Clinton is clearly annoyed by Obama’s rock star-like popularity with the kids. She’s pursuing a rather odd two-pronged strategy to combat Obama’s appeal: attack the kids and reach out to them at the same time. More from The Trail

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But The Washington Post reports that since Hillary wavered on whether or not illegal immigrants should have drivers licenses, Obama has been gaining. (http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2007/11/16/obamas_got_the_youth_vote_and.html?hpid=topnews)

on foreign policy, healthcare and Iraq. Earlier in the week at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner in Iowa, one third of those in attendance were said to be Obama supporters. One of Hillary’s team members, Mark Penn, affronted that Obama’s followers “look[ed] like Facebook…only a few of their people look like they could vote in any state”

Obama in Second Life Second Life Obama Support Group Obama in Second Life HILLARY CLINTON’S TECH PLAN * JOHN EDWARDS TECH PLAN Obama’s got the youth vote article here: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2007/11/16/obamas_got_the_youth_vote_and.html Will Obama Turn Out Young Voters in Iowa? http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/11/will_obama_turn_out_young_vote.php CAMPAIGN NEWS http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_071116.htm

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