I don’t buy that the youth vote will be enough to put Obama over the top in November. Obama has received about 10 million votes in the primaries. Bush received 62 million votes in 2004. His primary voters today are no doubt energized and excited, but they are a small, idealistic group that do not represent the general populace at large. I don’t believe he has another 52 million voters in him, which is what he’ll need to win in November.
I don’t think he’ll need that much. I’ll be surprised if McCain can break 35% in a general, after the MSM is through with him. Whatever McCain gains in crossover, he’ll lose three times over from base voters too repulsed to vote for him.
I think the ‘youth vote’ needs some redefinition - thanks for boomers now drawing on SS, the ‘youth vote’ is anyone now born after 1964. Wouldn’t surprise me to see another 10 million votes against McCain due to his age alone, to kick the least virtuous generation in American history out of the office once and for all.