Obama, Live
Capitol Fax Blog's Rich Miller is blogging Obama's announcement from Springfield, IL
10:43 AM – RICH MILLER: A dominant theme is Obama's speech was the discussion of generational lines. There were many references to "this" generation and a "new" generation. Yet, Obama doesn't seem to fit into any branded generation himself.
He is 45 years old- too young to be a baby boomer and too old to be a Gen Xer. Instead he is drawing on the idea of being a bridge between generations, capable of connecting the two divergent groups.
Or perhaps Obama's generational talk is meant to promote a "new" generation- a generation of change. He could talk of uniting differing groups into this new generation of transformation and challenge to the status quo.
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