1.0 link 143406 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-seery/baracks-ballyhooed-youth_b_143406.html Lots of upbeat, buoyant, exceedingly sanguine-type folks have been proclaiming that the November 4th election constituted nothing less than a generational watershed in our nation's history, ushering in a post-boomer epoch of youthful governance. After all, we elected the whippersnapper 47 year old instead of the creaky, cranky, crotchety 72 year old. Young voters favored Obama by a 2-1 margin. An estimated 23 million young voters overall cast ballots, amounting to 18% of the total tally. Those 18-29 year...

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