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Obama: Problem is Older Voters

It seems that every generation has a politician that young voters fall in love with. In the 1930’s and 40’s, it was Franklin Roosevelt. In the 1950’s it was Dwight Eisenhower. In the 1960’s it was John Kennedy. The 1970’s was the era of our withdrawal from Vietnam and the Watergate scandal that brought down Richard Nixon and so there was no politician to fall in love with in that decade. The 1980’s saw Ronald Reagan put together one of the broadest and most successful political coalitions this country has ever seen and people still remember Reagan fondly. To this day every Republican politician must pay his respects to Reagan’s legacy. The 1990’s, for the Democrats, saw a segment of the voting population fall in love with Bill Clinton, although he never went north of 50% in his two presidential elections. It seems that over half the country was immune to his charms. The first two national elections of the 21st century were very controversial and neither Bush nor Gore nor Kerry are the kind of politician that voters fall in love with.

Now comes the election year of 2008 and a new and inexperienced generation of voters have fallen in love with Obama. The old saying holds that “Love is blind” and it will be fascinating to see if Obama’s 20 year association with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers, a past member of the Weather Underground and self confessed bomber who says that he only regrets that he “didn’t do more” during his days as a violent radical, will at some point splash some cold water into the faces of his supporters and cause them to come to their senses.

~~John Cronin~~

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By: Ben Smith POLITICO.COM

Carrie Budoff Brown reports that Obama was asked about the exit polls at an avail (his second this week) in New Albany, IN.

“I have to say if you look at and I know my staff has talked about this: If you look at the numbers, in fact, our problem has less to do with white working class voters. In fact, the problem is that, to the extent there is a problem, is that the older voters are very loyal to Senator Clinton,” he said.

“And I think, you know, part of that is they’ve got a track record of voting for not just Senator Clinton but also her husband. And, you know, we want to make sure that they know that on issues that are of importance to them, like prescription drugs or pension and retirement security that I’ve got a strong track record on those issues and very specific plans to make sure they’re getting the kinds of help that they need. And, you know, if we do that effectively, which we have tried to do in all the states, then I think that we will end up doing very well here in Indiana.”
He was also asked about the criticism that he can’t close the deal.

“The way we are going to close the deal is by winning. And right now we are winning,” he said.
Also, a bit of bravado in response to suggestions that he’s not tough enough:

“I know that people like to talk tough and use a lot of rhetoric about fighting. I have always believed that if you are tough, you don’t have to talk about it,” he said.

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