Future Majority CNN Segment
Against my better judgement, here's my segment from CNN. God I hate watching myself on TV . . . .
As I said, I was a little blind-sided by the first two questions, and think that I could have given a stronger answer to the final question. The real proof of excitement among young voters is the turnout, which has been double, triple, even quadruple 2004 numbers in some states.
I also said "I don't know," which is the one thing you don't ever do. The sad thing is, I do have an answer for that question - lower income and education voters are lower information voters, and Hillary has higher name recognition. The interesting thing is that this is changing as the campaign progresses and more voters get to better know Sen. Obama. During the recent Potomac Primaries, Obama swept all income and education demographics.
Finally, I was wrong about the book and website - those were both mentioned, though on the bottom bar, not the "bio" sidebar that popped up early in the segment.
2008 Youth Vote in Context
The following charts and graphs are meant to contextualize the unique role that young voters played in the 2008 election, and their increasingly important role in a winning electoral coalition:
2008 Youth Electoral Map

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Youth Vote Partisan Advantage: 2000 - 2008

Youth Vote Historical Support: 1976 - 2008

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Holla!
Awesome, man. It's your first time, so no worries.
The main thing is that you looked good. Next time you should just be petter prepped with a peppy redirect to your own talking points from on those kinds of horserase questions.
You are my hero
I'm petitioning CNN to start a Headline Connery channel, which will consist simply of you speaking to me for 24 hours a day. So start coming up with material.
Seriously -- nice job. In the future, when you're blindsided with cold questions, nothing gets your point across like huffing loudly, saying "this interview is over," tearing off your lav mic and walking out.
Trust me.
Strategery
You're inspiring me here . . . Maybe I'll save that for O'Reilly (to preempt his shutting off my mic).
Connery News Network
Good job! That "bio" sidebar was lame. The "self-described political junkie, worked for the Dean campaign" characterization felt kind of dismissive. This is going to be a fun clip to revisit in a few years, after yr used to being on TV.