This is a great comment, to an excellent post. I like your concept of "children of '72, of '92, of '00." Especially the implicit alliance between the children of '72 and the children of '00.
Many of the Children of '72 continued to fight Reaganism in the '80s, but opted to do other things besides politics after 1988, allowing the Children of '92 (and the Right) to have the field in 1992 and beyond. I think Chris has been critical of this (us) for, in his view, allowing the Right to become ascendant. There is some truth to that, but the Children of '72 are getting on now, and many have money (and experience) to contribute to the efforts of the Children of 2000. We all (1972 and 2000) ought to be able to work together if we remember to let the new folks take the lead now.
We sure could protest and we vote. Interestingly, the radio station that's sponsoring the petition link in my sig plays the real music from the 60's and 70's along with music from the 90's and 00's.
