A REVEALING COLORADO POLL – AT 9:53 A.M. ET:  A new poll in Colorado reveals some serious problems for Hillary Clinton...unless the poll is way out of line.  We're cautious about polls, but this one is particularly interesting.  From redalertpolitics.com:

A new Quinnipiac University poll of Colorado voters shows that millennials — at least in this state — are skeptical of Hillary Clinton.

Only 28 percent of those ages 18-to-29 have a favorable view of her; 61 percent hold an “unfavorable view.”

She loses to all Republican candidates tested, while Sen. Bernie Sanders defeats all GOP candidates among young voters.

This poll shows two things:

Millennials don’t trust Hillary; she is viewed as a politician of the past mired by scandal — who tries too hard to “relate” to young voters.

Millennials are major swing voters for 2016. The same young voters said they would vote for a Republican against Hillary, yet vote for Sanders if he were the nominee. Clearly, they are not motivated by hardline ideology. Literally, some voters in this survey said they would vote for Trump if he were to run against Hillary, but they would vote for Sanders against Trump.

No one can take young voters for granted, and this poll shows these campaigns have work to do to solidify support. The good news is that young voters are persuadable; the bad news is Democrats are trying harder to win their support.

COMMENT:  I've never trusted young voters because...they're young.  They're inexperience and immature in an increasingly immature society.  I'll say cynically that I'd be more comfortable if the voting age were raised to 50.  Okay, okay, it won't happen.

But it's clear that Hillary, unlike Obama in 2008, doesn't have the young vote in the bag.  She isn't young, hip, revolutionary Hillary any longer.  But it's also clear that the GOP has to nominate the right candidate to rip the kids out of the grasp of Democrats.  And that is not a sure thing either.

November 19, 2015