The HopeChange Chronicles: The Thrill Is Gone On Campus

When you've lost the pie-eyed dreamy clueless undergrads who swooned over you previously, you know you're in a spot of bother:

The Obamamania that gripped college campuses two years ago is gone. An Associated Press-mtvU poll found college students cooling in their support for President Barack Obama, a fresh sign of trouble for Democrats struggling to rekindle enthusiasm among many of these newest voters for the crucial midterm elections in three weeks.

Forty-four percent of students approve of the job Obama is doing as president, while 27 percent are unhappy with his stewardship, according to the survey conducted late last month. That's a significant drop from the 60 percent who gave the president high marks in a May 2009 poll. Only 15 percent had a negative opinion back then.

OK, arguably, college students can be a fickle lot, but here one issue is the deadly idea that Obama isn't quite as "cool" as he used to be.  And there's no more fatal idea than that on campus.  CHANGE!  Besides, the novelty is long since gone.  Add too Obama's never-ending stream of long, rambling, boring speeches that sound like lectures.  If there's anything that will turn students off fast, it's lectures!