BARONE ON OBAMA’S WAR ON YOUTH: And you thought the only electorally significant war in 2012 is the one the GOPers are allegedly waging on women. Here in the real world, the war that counts, according to The Washington Examiner’s Michael Barone (discussing Walter Russell Mead), is the one where Obama keeps imposing his choices on the Millennial Generation’s playlists of life. Next question: Does Romney understand the political lessons of the iPOD playlist?