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The Aftermath
Well, I think it's good that we've regained the world's respect.... And yes, that is the actual front page image of today's London Daily Mirror.

This election saw a tremendous effort by Democrats to get the youth vote out. Traditionally, that group has always been slow to participate in the political process for whatever reason. But many people felt that given the strong antiwar sentiment among America's young people, THIS would be the year they go to the polls and make themselves heard. A number of well known stars worked their tails off to that end. A group of musicians, including Springsteen, the Dixie Chicks, and John Mellencamp even went on tour to promote the importance of voting. A tremendous surge of anti-Bush voting was expected from this group, and pollsters even conceded that they had no way to measure the potential impact of this group.

So how did that whole youth vote thing work out, anyway?

Well, in 2000 the 18-29 year old demographic made up only 17% of voters. This year thanks to their overwhelming participation and interest in the future of our great nation, that percentage soared to a whopping, um, 17%.

In another year or two when the draft is reinstated, they had better not start whining about it.