Eight Democratic candidates rolled up their sleeves and undid their top buttons in a mass seduction of young voters up in Boston last night. And the kids were all like totally wicked stoked to participate, dude! Q. Like, do you have gay friends? Text message incoming: Would u reinst8 the draft? CNN moderator Anderson Cooper, Cooper Anderson, whichever it is, uh... The Coop spent most of the night running neck-and-neck in a Henny Youngman competition with upcoming SNL host Al Sharpton.

"And we are back," says The Coop, "Live, Faneuil Hall, the heart of America's biggest college town where America rocks the vote. And, dare I say, rocks it pretty darn hard."

They rocked the vote pretty darn hard when "American Life" was played, although Dean and Al Sharpton did not liplock in a Britney-Madonna tribute. More sadly, all the candidates missed youth culture points by not citing Martha as a metaphor of the economy, or sourcing Nicole Richie when talking about the war on drugs. John Kerry, John Edwards, and Dean all copped to smoking pot, though Cooper declined to answer. Howard Dean even copped to going to college in New Haven — cough, Yale, cough. In closing, Sharpton disturbingly declared he wanted to party with Kerry's wife.

Yo. Best drinking game ever. Whenever they said "Iraq," I had to pound some Cuervo. Maybe I'll totally vote for one of these little dudes. Rah.
Transcript: Rock The Vote Democratic Presidential Candidate Forum [Washington Post]