The 64-year-old unpopular leader has said he will hand over power to a younger generation, but he has repeatedly resisted indicating when that will occur.
Those who listened to his music were primarily young intellectuals, those people you find in designer coffee bars discussing existentialist philosophers.
As the nation moves further into the Obama presidency, will politically engaged young people continue to support the president and his agenda, or will they gradually drift away?
Filling our prisons with such individuals would have exactly the opposite of the desired effect, since it would limit our ability to incarcerate younger criminals, who commit a far greater.