Party Crashing

Just a few links today . . .

• In the Washington Post, Jose Antonio Vargas notes that Left or Right, young or old, the internets hate John McCain.
• AlterNet interviews Keli Goff about her new book, Party Crashing, and the political trends among young African American voters.
• Across the Great Divide - a potentially interesting new blog chronicling the cross-country travels of a Millennial out to discover if his peers really are the "Next Great Generation."
• The Chicago Tribune runs the numbers and thinks young voters could tip a few vital swing states this year:
  

  If Obama could inspire just 10 percent more Democratic voters under 30 to go to the polls than did four years ago, that alone could be enough to switch Iowa and New Mexico from red to blue, the analysis suggests.

• Some pranksters (young freepers?) interrupted a conference call with Sherrod Brown, George Miller and the PIRGs about the College Cost Reduction and Access Act. - h/t PushBack
• Finally, John Stewart continues to warm my heart by mocking McCain. I think Stewart's man-crush is officially over.