Obama Campaigns Again for Youth Vote

The Takeaway

It was hard to tell who was more lucky last night: President Barack Obama being at a show with The Roots or The Roots being at a show with the president. But it wasn’t luck that made it happen; President Obama’s attendance at their concert follows a recent talk before Facebook nation at their headquarters in Palo Alto, and a speech on the economy at George Washington University. These appearances, plus the launch of Gen44, is an attempt by the President to reach out to America’s youth –  a key demographic that helped him secure his victory in 2008. We talk with Anna Sale, reporter for WNYC’s politics website, It’s a Free Country.

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