Ira from Rotterdam! He is worth more votes than any other local name.

   What local CONS has endorsed FDG? lol

Felipe--
It will be a sweep in Guilderland.  Nobdy can even remember the name of the Rep. running against Runion.  No Reps have lost their stronghold in Guilderland thanks to people like Warren Redlich. LOL  Reps also lost Colonie.  I would be surprised if Hoblock can pull that off as well.  

BT--YHO ain't so humble after all.  It's arrogant.  

Shadow--what about those colleges that have Young Republican Clubs?  The Boomer generation provided the Democrats.  It has taken Obama to have an effect on youth.

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I wouldn't be so fast to "dismiss" the youth.  Obama already has proven the conventional wisdom wrong.  It's still door-to-door grassroots organizing that pulls off campaigns.  He drew large crowd and pulled the vote from 21 - 40.  And not all people were that way in their youth.  Bad assumption on your part--just one more time.  

Sure younger folks are interested in getting rich fast but they are watching the political scene in every city and town.  Look at just who runs these candidates.  Melissa DeRosa, Slignerlands native, age 27 introduced Obama at a NYC gathering two weeks ago.  Pay attention to the youth--they are interested  maybe just not in Rotterdam.

Another dictator that comes to mind had a "youth movement" ... I think you're familiar with who I'm talking about, right Cal?

There aren't that many colleges that have very many young Reps because the college administration does everything in it's power to diminish those organizations. Look back at previous Presidential races from the past and you will see that the young adults have backed the Liberal Democrat. Obama is a very intelligent articulate and energizing speaker and it got the youth fired up but it was the independent voters that swung the election for Obama you know the same group that's leaving his camp in droves.

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Another dictator that comes to mind had a "youth movement" ... I think you're familiar with who I'm talking about, right Cal?

Why do you continue to 'feed the troll'?

BT--we're all trolls.  What's your problem--can't handle the conversation when people offer a different opinion and especially when they are right?  Grow up.  By tomorrow nobody will give a sh-t about this board.  Watch out PuddyCat may pounce on you just one more time.

MT --yes that's right.  But that was not a free society.  Obama is NO dictator and I will concede that a lot of folks are becoming disenchanted with him.  Especially in the anti-war movement because we don't want anyone else to head to Afghanistan and die.  But my question to you is why back away from him so fast?  The country gave that fool Bush eight years to run us into the ground.  Now you want Obama to correct all of Bush's mistakes in one year??  Doesn't seem reasonable to me.  

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MT --yes that's right.  But that was not a free society.  Obama is NO dictator and I will concede that a lot of folks are becoming disenchanted with him.  Especially in the anti-war movement because we don't want anyone else to head to Afghanistan and die.  But my question to you is why back away from him so fast?  The country gave that fool Bush eight years to run us into the ground.  Now you want Obama to correct all of Bush's mistakes in one year??  Doesn't seem reasonable to me.  

If he was "correcting" mistakes, that'd be a different story.  So far, I see him bailing out industries that later file for bankruptcy, reforming (or attempting to) healthcare - which is 100% against what people WANTED, and having halloween parties and coloring the white house orange while he dicks around with making a decision on keeping our troops that are ALREADY in harms way safe. Do one thing, do it well and move on to the next issue. No, he goes head first into every issue and screws them ALL up.

No dictator?  How many "czars" exactly does he have? How much "tax" exactly will employers have to pay if they don't pay 72.5% of their employees healthcare? How much exactly are CEO's of AIG making after he came into office? Setting salaries, healthcare, taxes, bailout money (and when/IF it can be repaid) - that's a dictator Deb.

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Why do you continue to 'feed the troll'?

Live for the challenge of seeing them go down in bitter defeat.

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  Grow up.  By tomorrow nobody will give a sh-t about this board.  

Funny, I hear about some people calling the administrator regularly to b**ch/complain about content ... seems like someone cares.  It sure gets a lot of activity through the whole year for a board that nobody cares about.  If nobody cared all year, why start now?

You love the town/county so much you're moving out ... or is that running?

You guys have me laughing out loud! How can you draw such conclusions on today's youth? We know more about the current state of affairs than you think we do.  If I were truly a clueless 26 year old, I sure as anything wouldn't be on this blog. But I feel I should not remain quiet, I need to speak up for my generation. I've followed this election from the very beginning, and my mother did not force me to come on here in the 11th hour to defend her. I am just a concerned citizen that wants to see the right people put into office. Call it nepotism if you want, nothing I can say will make some of you see it otherwise.

And furthermore, I realize now that Obama probably wasn't the best choice for president. But I wanted a change, and I felt he could bring that change. I got taken, what can I say?

You voted based on a campaign slogan of "change".  When you pulled the lever in the voting booth, what magical change did you think was going to happen?  If you were to make a decision tree to show how you came to your choice to vote Obama, how would it look?  I would be interested to see what type of critical thinking this generation does when forming their decisions.

My guess it's more emotional rather than logical.  Obama persuaded the youth through the use of pathos.

CICERO- I have a question for you, what caused you to pull the lever for your candidate when you were 26? Just curious.

My ideology at 26 is not much different than they are now.  I had a pretty firm belief as to the role of government and individual responsibility.  I was probably more libertarian when I was 26, but I certainly knew I didn't want government interfering in my life.  If I were 26 and single during the 08 election, I probably would have voted for Ron Paul. As you get older, your idealistic views and realistic views start conflicting.  

Now it's your turn.

Over the years many of us have been fooled by what a politician says he/she will do when he/she is elected to office and now we question everything and dig deep into a candidates background to see what they're really like because too many politicians will say anything to get elected.