IT IS hard to know whether Hillary Clinton should be cheered by the lightning visit that she paid on September 19th to Temple University, a large, publicly funded college in Philadelphia—or plunged into gloom. On the upside for Team Clinton, it was easy to find students won over by her half-hour speech, a strikingly personal appeal to young voters that painted Donald Trump as a bigot and herself as a lifelong advocate for progressive causes. The candidate pandered on policies, but also sought to recruit the young as partners in a mission to fix the country. “I need you,” Mrs Clinton pleaded at one point, adding a promise that “young people will always have a seat at any table where any decision is being made”—a pledge which, depending on how the Clinton White House defines the meaning of “young”, “seat” and “at”, should enliven meetings with the joint chiefs of staff.
One convert was Michelle Ferguson, a 20-year-old linguistics major who, like many Temple students, backed Mrs Clinton’s leftist rival, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, during the Democratic presidential primary. “She earned my vote today,” Ms Ferguson enthused...Continue reading
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