tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33506282.post291016158203416116..comments2008-07-23T17:54:38.508-04:00Andrew C. Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00219444874913518106andrew@mandatum.orgBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33506282.post-74854531711864457122008-07-23T17:54:00.000-04:002008-07-23T17:54:00.000-04:00

Obama is definitely Gen-X. How could people born directly after WWII have much in common generationally with those born in the early sixties? There is growing sentiment amoung those who decide on these generational matters that Gen-X encompasses the early sixties (beginnning with 1961) until the late seventies or early eighties. Personally, I think that's a long stretch. I would say Gen-X are

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33506282.post-29619707906264547662008-06-04T23:23:00.000-04:002008-06-04T23:23:00.000-04:00

I have wondered about some of those questions as well. It is going to be interesting to see what happens between now and the Democratic and Republican conventions, both to what Obama does and to the way McCain will attempt to characterize him.

Andrew C. Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00219444874913518106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33506282.post-188238180259836512008-06-04T06:42:00.000-04:002008-06-04T06:42:00.000-04:00

In my current appointment there are a ton of generational rubs. The older generation, Boomers and up, look down on the Xers with some disgust. I am glad to have all of them in church but there are huge differences in worldviews and attitudes. Do you think this will also lead to a contrast in the general election? Will Obama bridge the generational gaps or will his Xer/Millennial leanings

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