1. Headline
  1. Headline

Video: Obama looks to re-energize youth vote

  1. Transcript of: Obama looks to re-energize youth vote

    ANN CURRY, anchor: President Obama is on the road, hoping to get out the youth vote in the midterm elections that are five weeks from today. NBC 's White House correspondent, Savannah Guthrie , now joins us with more on this. Savannah , good morning.

    SAVANNAH GUTHRIE reporting: Good morning to you, Ann. Well, this is an effort to get out the so-called Obama surge voters. Those are the voters that voted for the first time in 2008 for the president. A lot of them are young, so we're going to see the president today on the campus of the University of Wisconsin at Madison . There will be 100 companion watch parties around the country, really drawing a page from the old '08 playbook. Analysts say if the president, Democrats can turn out some of these voters, it might make a difference in some of these key races. They're really trying to generate enthusiasm. In a new interview, the president says it would be inexcusable for Democrats to stay on the sidelines this election.

    CURRY: Meantime, Savannah , there is some news about the president's chief of staff, important news.

    GUTHRIE: Indeed. Rahm Emanuel widely expected to run for office in Chicago , run for mayor. It looks like that will happen, and we could get an announcement as early as Friday. The issue, of course, is who would replace him. Would it be an interim chief of staff, or will the president go ahead and name a permanent replacement? So definitely something to watch this week.

    CURRY: All right, Savannah Guthrie this morning. Savannah , thanks.

msnbc.com staff and news service reports
updated 9/28/2010 8:09:20 AM ET 2010-09-28T12:09:20


  1. Stories from
    1. Virginia Man Claims Kingdom in Africa for His Daughter
    2. Helene Meldahl's Illustrated Mirror Selfies Take the Game to a New Level
    3. Meet Ellar Coltrane, Who Spent 12 Years Filming Boyhood
    4. Katherine Heigl: 'I Certainly Don't See Myself as Being Difficult'
    5. Rihanna & More Stars React to Germany Winning the World Cup








    2. Budget deficits shrinking but set to grow after 2015
    3. Senate readies another volley on unemployment aid
    4. Obama faces Syria standstill
    5. Fluke files to run in California

Separately on Monday, Vice President Joe Biden told Democrats

at a fund-raising event in New Hampshire

that they should "stop whining."

Biden spoke about the economy to about a dozen voters at a home in Manchester, where he was joined by New Hampshire's three Democrats in Congress: Hodes, Shea-Porter and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.

Biden said Democrats will lose if the November election is a referendum on how people feel about the economy, but they'll win if they emphasize the progress they've made and plans to build on it. He said he understands that someone looking for a job doesn't have time to track the details of the new health care law or stimulus program, but he said Democrats should remind those voters that many of the benefits haven't kicked in yet.

The vice president expanded on his "whining" remarks during an interview on MSNBC's "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell.

Video: Video: Biden on "The Last Word"

"Those who ... didn't get everything they wanted, it's time to just buck up here, understand that we can make things better ... but not yield the playing field to those folks who are against everything we stand for."


Stern lecture from Obama

  1. Related content
    1. Obama in command: The Rolling Stone interview
    2. Obama: Democratic voter apathy 'inexcusable'
    3. Rolling Stones, Dylan dominate Obama's iPod
    4. Biden: Democratic base should 'stop whining'
    5. Obama blasts GOP pledge as 'irresponsible'




  1. Most popular





The Associated Press contributed to this report.


Discussion comments


Most active discussions

  1. votes comments
  2. votes comments
  3. votes comments
  4. votes comments

More on TODAY.com

  1. Danny Moloshok / Reuters

    Katherine Heigl: 'I don't see myself as being difficult'

    7/13/2014 9:35:07 PM +00:00 2014-07-13T21:35:07
  1. Jordan Strauss / Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

    'Jersey Shore' star JWoww welcomes baby girl

    7/13/2014 6:33:53 PM +00:00 2014-07-13T18:33:53
  1. Mireya Acierto / Getty Images

    Splash! Christopher Walken to play Captain Hook in 'Peter Pan Live'

    7/13/2014 4:56:23 PM +00:00 2014-07-13T16:56:23
  1. TODAY

    video Dylan’s brother completes the Wounded Warrior Tournament

    7/13/2014 1:03:30 PM +00:00 2014-07-13T13:03:30
  1. Vladislavgudovskiy / Shutterstock / VladislavGudovski

    Yo quiero Taco Bell? Space is the place to eat fast-food chain's tortillas

    7/13/2014 12:29:10 PM +00:00 2014-07-13T12:29:10