McCain goes for a younger look

BROOKFIELD, Wis. -- Last week, John McCain took the election-night stage before cadre of aging white-male politicos in Virginia that critics said presented an unfortunate contrast with the Benetton demographics on display at Barack Obama rallies.

Today, at a primary-day rally in this suburb just outside Milwaukee, the 71-year old McCain stood before a more forward-looking backdrop: an Abercrombie & Fitch catalog's worth of young and fresh-faced -- although still apparently all-white -- supporters that a McCain advance man said had been culled from nearby universities.

"Not a single middle-aged white guy back there today," adviser Steve Duprey crowed as he walked through the hotel ballroom.