From my favorite young, blonde, smart, conservative Law student from California — Annika has an entertaining post on what should be the Democratic and Republican presidential frontrunners’ strategies for winning the White House:

From my long range vantage point — almost 20 months from election day — I’m beggining to see two general strategies that each party should use to ensure victory.

For the Democrats, it’s easy. Hillary will be the nominee, and she will have a fight on her hands if she goes against Giuliani. That’s because she won’t be able to take the big blue states for granted. [...]

For the Republicans, the key is in preparing the general election battlefield by defining Hillary now. She’s giving them all the help they need, as she stupidly attacks Bronco through her surrogates.

Annika has dubbed Sen. Barack Obama “Bronco Bomber” (say Barack Obama real fast 4 or 5 times, and tell me it doesn’t sound like Bronco Bomber).

The most prescient paragraph in the entire post (go read the whole thing; it’s a good way to spend part of your Friday morning), and the reason I wanted to link to her post:

I still don’t see Bronco’s insurgent campaign winning the nomination in the long run. I like Bronco Bomber, I’m reading his book. I don’t like his politics, but for me, he represents the end of the baby boomer stranglehold on American political leadership, which can only be a good thing. Too bad he’s going up against the Clinton machine.

(emphasis mine)

I think this is key as to why Sen. Obama has so much early buzz and such a strong following from the college crowds and the netroots. We’re still not out of the baby boomer’s stranglehold on politics, but they’re starting to run on fumes.