Quick Hits - Obama Wins Edition

Lots of good stuff circulating the web re: Obama's victory. Here's some good stuff with youth and/or tech angles (in no particular order).

And don't forget that we have Darcy Burner live blogging here at 2pm (in about 40 minutes).

• John Della Volpe (from the Harvard Institute of Politics claims It's the Millennials, Stupid, and digs up this gem from Hillary advisers Mark Penn and Mandy Grunwald:

  “Our people look like caucus-goers and his people look like they are 18…they look like Facebook… Only a few of their people look like they could vote in any state.”

  I think that really sums it all up . . .

• Kristina Rizga at WireTap calls Obama's victory A once in a lifetime chance for youth organizers.
• Looks like Obama plans on keeping Howard Dean at the DNC. The Obama movement plus the 50 state strategy = electoral goodness.
• At the Huffington Post, Hip Hop Generation historian Jeff Chang examines the role of race in the election and Obama's multicultural coalition.
• Also at HuffPo, legendary youth activist Tom Hayden compares Obama's campaign with that of the late Bobby Kennedy.
• Time Magazine looks at how Obama did it. (Hint - it has a lot to do with youth and savvy use of technology to empower supporters).
• The AP relabels Millennails Generation Obama.

Also of interest today:

• Democracy Corps looks at Republican battleground districts and sees huge advantages for the Dems. No mention is made of youth or any other demographic, but I have to think we can be a huge part in taking over these Republican districts.
• Rock the Vote is pushing a somewhat vague youth platform. That's one of the disadvantages of being non-partisan. You can talk about the issues you want fixed, but you can't really get into the nitty gritty of how to fix them.
• The Energy Action Coaltion launched their own youth platform with Power Vote. They're looking to build a voting block of 1 million voters to leverage for policy action on climate change.
• Chris Weigant Interviewed Al Franken in the Huffington Post.