 obama courts the campus kids  obama is making one last appeal to help the democrat candidates for office by attempting to garner the college population vote that helped him to win the 2008 election the youth and charisma of obama and his message of hope and change that went over so well in 2008 are ringing hollow during this election cycle with the college crowd the story titled  ldquo for college students it s so not 08 rdquo  from politicocom outlines the challenges the democrats and the president are facing in getting the votes out for the democrats 214  