Democratic National Convention '08

[Alex]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

And, with all due respect, I think people who find the Obama campaign uniquely inspiring (with respect to others, not themselves) are being a little short-sighted. The Clinton campaign had the same effect on people, and much of the same pie-in-the-sky hopes and promises and, may I say, much better speechifying inspired all that ... just as Obama is doing now.

I don't want to at all come of as saying this isn't true for you or your circle at the time. But as someone living on solidly liberal college campuses during both of Clinton's campaigns my feeling is that in that segment of the population Obama is far outshining the impact Clinton had. Among college kids the only politician I noticed having any impact during that era like Obama is now was Wellstone.

Whether that enthusiasm drives that group to actually vote remains to be seen.

But there is definitely also a tinge of the old thing where young people always think their experiences are the best ever. Anybody under 30 really experienced the Clinton campaigns. Kennedy is a essentially political myth to anybody under 60.