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KennedyGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:09 PM Original message |
Will relying on the youth vote burn Obama? |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Youth vores burn anyone. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't think so but we shall see. And Milbank is a tool and a fool |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. A DUer once called Milbank the male Maureen Dowd. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That sounds about right; both of them seem to |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I think you nailed it. |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Nah. The current insanity has gotten young people very interested in politics. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. He leads 35 - 54 too |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Yup even in the polls that don't have the high new voter sample |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. CNN had him even with Dems too |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. He is not relying on youth |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. I still haven't seen what Obama specifically offers to youth.. |
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ElizabethDC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Agreed. |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. I don't think Obama's message is specific to youth.... |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. 1st-time caucusgoer is not necessarily youth |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. The number I heard this morning was over 90% don't vote. |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. 90% probably don't caucus, but their election/voter turnout is pretty good |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. dunno...guess we'll find out in a couple hours. |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. In a word, yes. |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Personally i think to many have focused |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. I agree that in the traditional view, the youth do not vote.... |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. He's not relying on the youth vote. |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. You Just Keep Telling Yourself That, Dear. /nt |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Yeah, look at all the young folks in the audience: |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. The irony is that in most of the polling I've seen... |
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LordJFT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
19. I love how you use anecdotal evidence to suggest that he's relying more on first time voters than |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. New voters doesn't = youth |
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