This story from the NYT is hilarious:

This was not what Generation O expected Mr. Obama won two years ago with 66 percent of the 18- to 29-year-old vote, a historic proportion.

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Now, however, former Obama volunteers nationwide say that they and their former colleagues are less involved and more ambivalent. Experts say the usual midterm effect, in which young voters are especially likely to disengage, has combined with an unexpected distance that has arisen between Mr. Obama and many young constituents. While most of them still view him more favorably than their parents or grandparents do, various polls show that the youthful passion that led to action has not been sustained.

The article itself is mostly the College Dems taking potshots at people who have fallen out of love with Dear Leader, but they can’t help but reflect the reality (that Obama willfully abandoned his campaign apparatus to consolidate power within the DNC, alienating all the young volunteers who actually put him in office).

Then there’s the top-down way he does interact:

Indeed, a look back at e-mails from Organizing for America as health care legislation developed does show a general approach that did little to focus on young people. E-mails dealt with telling supporters what to say, rather than asking for input — and as a result, many young people said, they stopped reading them.

I can attest to this; I get so much Dem spam, especially as the election of doom approaches, and it’s all marching orders. They haven’t asked what I thought, even in boilerplate, in a long time.

Money quote:

“People were infatuated in 2008,” said Maddy Joseph, 20, a member of the group. “The reality has set in, and that’s frustrating for a lot of people.”

Hahahahahahahahahaha….

Reality’s a bitch, isn’t it, O-bots?