The dream of a post-boomer political discourse: Run, Obama, Run! Oh, the potetnial of a Barack Obama presidential candidacy (and, dare we dream, presidency) is exciting. Not only because it offers the Democrats an alternative to Hillary, but because it offers the opportunity to move politics beyond lame discussions of who won the sixties.

Obama, born in 1961, would be our first post-boomer president.

Finally, we could stop talking about the sexual revolution, Vietnam, and the cold war. For those of you keeping score at home, the hedonists won the first one, and the communists won the second and lost the third.

Now that that's settled, let's talk about the messy, multi-polar, globalized world we all live in now.

Run, Obama, Run.  ¶ 10:54 PM