"Smart, normal, curious, not radical, and post-Boomer."

[proggrrl]

Since I'm registered to vote as an Independent, I've taken my time wavering on my Obama/Clinton decision.  Especially since I won't need to make the decision, really.  *g*

But I believe that Marc Andreessen has sold me on Barack Obama.   Andreessen is a darned clever fellow.  I especially agree on what we can learn from watching the Clinton, Obama and McCain campaign machinery roll out - this is the first real indication of what we're getting with each.

Comments

[languor.livejournal.com]

Good call!

[sui-generis.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have to say, any question about which one of them to support that anyone had should've been answered these past two weeks, as Clinton's campaign has gotten uglier, uglier, and more Republican with every passing day that it looks like she may lose. I have no interest in voting for a politician who feels they are so entitled to an office that they will do ANYthing to win. She's even undercutting him in comparisons to McCain, damaging him in the general election if he becomes the nominee. It's disgusting.

Which Post-Boomer Gen is Obama? Generation Jones.

[politico08.livejournal.com]

Andreesen's underlining the salience of Obama being a Post-Boomer is right on target, but it's relevant for us to understand which Post-Boomer generation.

There is a growing consensus in the media, and among experts, that Obama is not a Boomer, nor an Xer, but instead is a member of Generation Jones (born 1954-1965, the heretofore lost generation between the Boomers and Xers).

Just in the last month or so, several top media outlets, including The New York Times, Newsweek Magazine, and NBC, have all made the argument that Obama is specifically part of Generation Jones. I also heard a panel of generations experts recently on a national radio show discussing this specific issue, and four of the five experts conlcuded that Obama is, in fact, a GenerationJoneser…that his bio and political worldview closely match the GenJones archetype.