The cool factor in Politics

The young vote is usually stronger for Democrats than Republicans. But that gap might be bigger than ever this time around. Aside from the fact that we have an young guy and they have a really, really, really old guy, we have a young, cool guy.

Did Al Gore or John Kerry ever really inspire this:

As an image of President Bush hovered on the overhead screens, he rhymed about the government's disastrous response to Hurricane Katrina.

"Boston, are you ready for change?" he asked as Barack Obama's image got the crowd worked up.

That's from the Globe's review of a concert headlined by Jay-Z. Now, Jay-Z and Eminem and some other musicians and actors may have been supporting Gore and Kerry in the past, but do you think their advocacy got the same response Obama will?