>>>My daughter went to a rally for teens over the weekend. (There are a LOT of teens who will be 18 come election time here) A survey was done of those present, and in every case, they were voting for Obama only because he is black. They think it is time we had a black president and they don't dislike anything he says in his speeches. When they were questioned to name a specific they like about his speeches, everyone said 'change.' When they were questioned as to which change they wanted, they couldn't list one. To them, any change was good. They think McCain is too old to be president. If it were McCain and Hillary, they will vote for Hillary so we have our first female president. Interesting that it is a complete turn around. I hope he turns out to be good for this country in more ways than just being the first black president since he is bound to win unless the entire senior population gets out to vote.
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>>Yobama is not going to win. The Hillary contingency will be so perturbed, they will vote McCain. Aside from that, the youth don't vote, even though they rally and make noise. Seniors do vote. I've been doing the data on campaigns for years, and the under 30 crowd is ALWAYS the smallest block, with those 40-50, 50-60, and above being the largest blocks. As I recall the 40-50 group is usually the biggest.
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>>Don't we have brewsky bet on this?
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>>And another thing, thanks a lot for jinxing my team last night. I was wondering if I should have encouraged you to pull for Kansas, after seeing what you did to UNC!<g>
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>What you are missing is that the under 30 crowd, as you call it, has been voting in much greater numbers than usual in the primaries. HUGE numbers from coast to coast. And will do so again in November if Obama is the candidate. Some would still vote for Hillary but not nearly as many.

Care to offer another wager?