Thank you Jay, I was about to say the same thing.

The election of President Obama had less to do with his actual candidacy and more to do with his weak opposition. McCain, as you said, was a poor choice for a presidential candidate and Palin didn't help his case. Not to mention the whole "we've had a republican president for 8 years now and look where that got us" idea that was prominent in the country at the time. Many people, both young AND old, voted democrat just because they wanted a change that could bring us out of this recession (no, I am not referring to Obama's slogans) and McCain represented the same policies and procedures that had been in place for the past 8 years. Obama's victory was was simply the result of everything coming together at once for the democrats. I would...

So, from the way I read this (correct me if I'm wrong), you are saying that 18-26 year olds should still have to submit to a draft and serve in the military, but not receive voting rights? How would you like to go fight for a cause that you didn't support, nor that you had any say in? The Vietnam war was one such example, and it was an absolute disaster. Aside from the deserters and draft card burners, the soldiers that actually made it onto the battlefield had little to no moral.