Monday

About a week back, myself, Friday and a friend were talking about whether we thought Gens X & Y were, for the most part, (to caricature the conversation) still opting-out of the political process, and if so, why that might be.

And given recent attention (check this and this out, for example) to this question, thought I'd rain on the optimism parade a bit.

It SHOULD be no surprise to anyone that economic hope is now a key issue for these generations. But can KERRY genuinely mobilize that hope, specifically in the swing states?

Being the lesser of two evils on this is OF COURSE not sufficient to bring out the youth vote. And, at least right now, it doesn't seem like Kerry is going to rock the youth vote.

I know that some of my fellow Days of the Week here feel that consistently and vociferously clarifying how JFKerry is the far lesser evil than W. will accomplish all that a blog of ordinary citizens can politically accomplish - more dedicated bloggers can provide better flashlights, but the objective is the same.

But what about for the folks who aren't going to change their vote or get mobilized to vote in the first place out of outrage at misuses and abuses of power? Their answer to "What's at stake?" is "Not enough promise to bother."

All that said, there's cause for some cautious optimism in the current Gallup results on the breakdown in 2000's Red, Purple, and Blue states:
- withOUT Nader in the race
- WITH Nader in the race (takes away from Kerry only; whatever about 2000, he's unambiguously a spoiler this time)

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