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Article: The generation gap is back.
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- Campaigns & Elections
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- April 1, 2008
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How ironic that a presidential election involving a woman and an African-American would create a new divide in U.S. politics having nothing to do with either race or gender, but related to age!
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After the tumult of the late 60s and early 70s, when the younger generation dominated national politics, setting its tempo, structuring its vocabulary, and shaping its future, generational politics have faded into irrelevance. Generation X left so little impact that it never even got a name. But Sen. Barack Obama's campaign has galvanized the Millennium generation to a level of passion reminiscent of the years after John F. Kennedy's ...