[SmileRight]

This generation isn't stupid. We've failed to hold our elected officials accountable and they see it. When long term officeholders are voted out by the Gen Y crowd (when they decide to vote), then the parties will have to take notice.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

I agree, both parties stink.

Our elected officials no longer listen to the people. They listen to the special interests with the big bucks and are only interested in getting re-elected. All politicians disgust me these days.

That’s the main reason why I joined the tea party movement and I vote for whoever I think will do the least amount of damage.

[Cato in PA]

“The fastest growing political party in the United States is the “No Party,” and the number of independents is mushrooming, mostly at a loss for Ds. Why? The Rs and the Ds have not taken their candidates to the woodshed when they should.”

THIS.

I got a call from the College Republicans the other day. They played a stock message about how they were going to round up a group of college students to register voters, knock on doors, and DEFEAT BARACK OBAMA.

When the donation pitch came after the message, I said that I didn’t have any confidence in a Republican group that doesn’t plan to oust the liberals in its own ranks.

Rather than sidetrack my statement or even make a mealymouthed defense of the GOP, the girl on the other end simply hung up on me.

This is why the Republicans will continue to lose young voters like me who can see through their lies.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

“When they decide to vote”

I have tried to get my Gen Y Son to register to vote, he keeps blowing me off. I have attached the voter registration form to my fridge, with the hope that he will see the light.

sigh....

[Rich21IE]

The ones I meet aren’t stupid but seem to lack the capacity for rational thought and rarely take action on much of anything. And worse, they have the attention span of a nat.

[MamaTexan]

For starters, neither party has catered to youth’s generational needs.

Or maybe they've actually listened when their parents bitched and moaned for years about how the TWO parties really are no such thing.

Duh!

[LastNorwegian]

Or perhaps they just care more about parties, TV and celebrities than the future of their country...

[edpc]

This generation isn't stupid.

Yes they are. Otherwise they wouldn't participate in the OWS movements and/or mock Tea Party ideas.

[JPG]

There have been many anecdotal reports on FR of Obama supporters who have finally seen the light and absolutely won't vote for him again. Has anyone ever heard the opposite? People who didn't vote for him in ‘08 but now say, “I was wrong about Obama but now I'm so excited with the job he's been doing that I can't wait to vote for him in November.” Anyone?

[cap10mike]

But how to do it? The Democratic method of offering free higher education (which sinks the country further into debt), or the traditional (but not necessarily in practice) GOP model of getting government out of the way and allow youth to build their own future and prosper?

[Buckeye McFrog]

The downside is that they are extremely likely to flock to the coolest, hippest Flavor of the Month (who could turn out to be the American Hitler)

[Bender2]

Re: More and more “Millennials” or Generation Y youth... are avoiding party membership.

If only this had taken place years ago... think how better off we would be today!

[central_va]

The smaller the Republican Party gets the more my vote in the primary counts. That is where the weeding is supposed to take place.