I did make a broad generalization, and of course there are always exceptions to the rule, but I am frankly tired of all these older (usually baby boomers) who say, "I switched because my kid told me to!"

Number one: we are at war.  People are dying.  The economy is in tatters.  We are TORTURING people in the name of the United States of America.  We are EXECUTING innocent people on death row (among other places).  Our international reputation is in pieces. Mentally ill people are in our schools (thanks, Reagan!) shooting their friends.  You are switching your vote because your nineteen year old told you Obama is cool and makes you feel good?  

Number one (a): why would you let someone who has never balanced a checkbook, never held a steady job, never had to pay his own insurance and never had to take care of himself on his own persuade you to change your vote?

Number two: let's make a deal: get out of your mom's basement and get a job, and then I'll vote for Obama (you'll see a Clinton sign in the stairway the next day)

Conclusion: Kids are kids.  They are, in general, a lazy bunch that migrates to the next big thing, and by November, I'm sure there will be ten next big things.  There is a reason why auto insurance drops in price when you're over twenty-five.  There is a reason why credit card companies stop sending you as many offers when you are over twenty-five.  Until around that time, you are basically a mess of wants and a barrel of hopes.  You have to take time to mature and to learn from failure (a novelty, I'm sure).

A greater problem here is the blatant youth-seeking by baby boomers that is just as bad.  "Let's ride the new wave, no matter the fact that my scar from my knee replacement surgeries keeps getting caught on my spandex shorts!"  These are the people who brought Botox to the market.  They will, as a group, literally inject poison into their faces for the appearance of "youth."

Of course they are listening to their wrinkle-free offspring who tell them Obama makes them young!  So, they put on their low-cut jeans and their belly-baring tops and snap their LiveStrong bracelets and go to the rallies and come out feeling young again--until their mortgage comes due or they lose their health insurance.

GE comes, those who show up to vote are grannies and middle aged workers trying to get in before going to work, or during their lunch.