The Generation Gap

Ezra Klein's opinion piece on the real difference between Barack Obama and John McCain rings particularly true, and I hope it's not only because I'm a "young voter," just as Ezra is. He's right on what is such a fundamental opposition between the two candidates; that their worldviews reflect what Obama has been posing to voters for months: a choice between the past and the future.

This argument may only be germane to people under 40, but its cogency should transcend generational lines in light of current international affairs, shouldn't it? I think it's an argument that knows no political affiliation, but then again, my generation's narcissism might be preventing me from seeing things Any. Other. Way.

Oh well, I hope there are enough "young voters" out there with the exact same position.

Money quote from the article:

The real significance of the age difference is not about health and mortality but about worldview, about ideology, about how the candidates understand the threats we face and the world we're in. A candidate like McCain, born in the final years of the Depression and shortly before the outbreak of World War II, will simply have a different frame of reference from a candidate born, as Obama was, in 1961, the year President Kennedy took office and Bob Dylan arrived in New York. And that should be discussed openly.