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Last week, Senator Barack Obama became the first black person to win the nomination of a major party in American history. It made headlines everywhere. One fact that didn't make the headlines: Senator Obama was also the first post-boomer to win the nomination of a major party.

The current generation of young adults 18-25 have gone through many labels. Generation Y, The MTV Generation, The Paris Hilton Generation, among others. Perhaps the only appropriate label would be Generation F**ked. Never has a generation been so since the great depression. In the last eight years THIS generation has been billed a multi-trillion dollar war. We've seen the economy crash as we get ready to go out into the workforce. We've been dealt record high gasoline prices, as we get paid $40 a week for gas money to attend our non-paid internships, which actually might NOT help us land that entry level position we hope for. Even those student luxuries like international semesters abroad have been shot to shit with a declining dollar.

To save us, we need someone who understands us. It's hard to say at this point if that person is Barack Obama. However, last year when I saw him at a rally in Washington Square Park, I felt more of a connection to him than any other politician I've heard and seen in person or in the media (and yes, I have seen Hillary Clinton give a speech in person.)
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Certain things always seem to happen to other people and never to me. This
is why for a long time I had a hard time coming to turns with what was
happening to me.