Chicago Lou wrote:
>>Yet the American Electorate voted in Reagan and young voters only knew him from reruns of Death Valled days.<<

This is true about the young voters, but in the same vein as Obama (IMHO) it was his ability to communicate, and the message he had, which was apropos for the times they lived in.
  



Good points, Lou.

In short: "Bomb, bomb Iran and 4 more wars" wasn't a good pitch for McCain in 2008 and "More tax cuts for the rich and fuck the 47 percent" wasn't that great for Romney either.