A long shot, maybe, but not that long.

Problem with that is: what will Obama do with that mandate?

The campaign "needs the youth vote now more than ever," said one former senior administration official. "While we know support is still strong,we're not taking anything for granted."

Senior administration officials backed that premise on Monday by saying that winning over younger voters,in what they think will be a close election,is going to be difficult. At the same time,the officials said they believed they will have the winning recipe when voters hit the polls in November --especially because of their economic message.

Obama leads presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney 60 percent to 34 when it comes to the youth vote,according to a recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll. But Obama's enthusiasm has taken a nosedive,the poll shows. In 2008,63 percent of 18- to 34-year-olds took a big interest in the election. Four years later,45 percent have the same level of interest,reflecting the most sizable drop in one of the major voting groups.

The falling poll numbers come as data compiled by The Associated Press show that 53 percent of college graduates are unemployed or currently have a job that doesn't meet their qualifications.

Romney trumpeted those figures Monday during a campaign stop,saying that young people are "questioning" the support they gave Obama in 2008.

"I saw a report this morning that just about half of all the kids coming out of college can't find work or are underemployed," he said in Pennsylvania. "Can you imagine?"

Obama,who missed two votes on the legislation when he was a senator in 2007, wants to use the prospect of higher student loans as a wedge issue against Romney. Under existing law,legislation that keeps interest rates on federally subsidized student loans at 3.4 percent will expire in July,causing interest rates to double for 7 million students. Obama is urging Congress to extend the low rates by way of legislation.

Josh really had not been able to rehearse for this skit, and another boy was going to be the Sewage Processing Plant but he had to go to the dentist.  But he did well with his two or three lines.

What a thing to walk into though.  And the little girl in Josh's class who is autistic is not afraid to speak in front of crowds like the rest of her classmates.  Her lines were at least 1/3 of the skit, she never missed a cue, there was never a pregnant pause while she was screwing up her courage.  What a hoot!  What a day!

Or maybe Charlie Buk?

"The problem was you had to keep choosing between one evil or another, and no matter what you chose, they sliced a little bit more off you, until there was nothing left. At the age of 25 most people were finished. A whole god-damned nation of a$$holes driving automobiles, eating, having babies, doing everything in the worst way possible, like voting for the presidential candidates who reminded them most of themselves. I had no interests. I had no interest in anything. I had no idea how I was going to escape. At least the others had some taste for life. They seemed to understand something that I didn't understand. Maybe I was lacking. It was possible. I often felt inferior. I just wanted to get away from them. But there was no place to go."

2 days in GDL then off to La Huasteca Potosina and its many treasures!  

Not many Mexican immigrants by me...predominantly Central American.  They ain't leaving, nor should they unless they want too.  Free movement of free people, thats my motto.