> Speaking as someone under 30, I'd say so. I never had high hopes for Obama
> and the Dems- but shit. On foreign policy, I expected Obama to do pretty
> much what he said he was going to do and escalate Afghanistan. No surprise
> there. But on domestic policy goals like the public option and card-check,
> even I've been kind of floored at Obama's unwillingness to fight for these
> things. So much so, that I really have to wonder whether or not I wasn't as
> deluded as a die-hard Obama supporter. Consequently, I think I've shifted
> further to the left in the last six months than I have throughout the rest
> of my life (something that I don't think would have happened under a
> Republican administration, ironically). Though I'll be damned if I know how
> representative I am of younger people; when talking with friends and
> aquaintences in the last few months, I've received gasps of disbelief,
> howls
> of protest, and at least one middle finger when I've criticised Obama and
> the Dems.
>
This is entirely true of my experience.
(Well, I haven't been flipped off yet.)