Washington Post opinion writer Dana Milbank has a column about how Obama has lost the support of millions of Millennials who voted for him once or twice. Milbank attributes this to short attention span, lack of institutional commitment, and failure of the Obama White House to keep working with young voters.
I think Milbank overlooks the most important reason: millions of Millennials are unemployed and many more are underemployed, working less than full-time or at a job for which they are overqualified, or both. As a result record numbers live with parent(s) because they cannot afford their own place.
It is no longer credible to blame ex-President Bush for their inability to get on with their lives. The most recent 5+ years have been on Obama's failed watch.
