Obama

At first, I didnt see Obama's re-election as having a lot of generational or Crisis overtones. Sure, there was plenty of "the most important election of our lives" rhetoric, and a surprising amount if allusion to 1776 and 1860. There's nothing as controversial as slavery or revolution being brought up - and then I realized that was probably the Republicans' mistake. Romney appeared to be - at best - a return to the Bush years. Whether you consider that to mean "when America was great" or "the same old failed policies" it wasn't enough to get a Crisis-era electorate enthused. Going in a more controversial direction - yes, like Ron Paul - might have enabled a redirection of energies from across the political spectrum. And that is what the Crisis is about, after all.