Political JUNGLE

Sen. John McCain is making a point to reach out to young voters.  Last month at Villanova University he declared he would actively pursue these younger Americans. This understandably created some media attention, as McCain is the oldest candidate, and presumed to relate the least to 20 something voters. Although if he’s paying attention to recent polls, like an April 21 MTV survey of 18-29 year olds that showed Obama beating McCain 52 to 39 percent, you can understand this new found youth drive.  

In all fairness it really shouldn’t matter how old the candidate is, but how his or her policies affect the youth, and their future.  The problem is that many young voters don’t look deep enough into the issues to find the truth.  It’s not that young people aren’t educated, or smart, but instead respond to speaking cadence, and appearance, or what’s considered trendy or cool.  

If McCain continues to stay strong on issue, and avoid the “heart string” approach and victim mentality, he’ll win over the younger voters.   Because young people do care about issues that are presented with rational argument in a way they can relate to.  Many young people hinge their vote on the Iraq war and the environment.  McCain is attempting to be strong on the environment, but his Iraqi policies may hurt him, although they shouldn’t, because he is best fit by far to deal with that situation. 

And after finally standing for something when he defended Bush’s remarks regarding the appeasement of terrorist nations, McCain might actually man up, present these ideas, and debate Obama.      

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