CMC Young People Lose to Old At DNC and in November?

Our Democratic friend and sometimes-rival, Nick Warshaw, was in The Los Angeles Times talking about his role in the election for delegate.

Nick Warshaw, 21, the president of the California College Democrats, and Rocky Fernandez, 30, the president of the California Young Democrats, each managed, somehow, to lose their election for delegate. "I got my butt kicked," said Warshaw, a senior at Claremont McKenna College. "I lost to an older gentleman who took off two months from work." Warshaw, of course, has taken 21 years off work.

Well, Mr. Warshaw, I guess experience does beat change. Here's to hoping his candidate suffers the same fate.

Old people need to push whippersnappers into shape, from time to time, if only to humble them. Back in January, Warshaw said that he believes "young people" will be the "margin of victory" in the 2008 election. I said at the time don't count on it.

Of course if Obama is successful at rising margin tax rates war on women and keeping them at home -- how pro-women! -- and increasing corporate tax rates on corporations, they'll be a lot more people who take "time off" from work.

It's called unemployment and Warshaw better be ready for it, if his candidate graces the White House.