By Boston Herald Editorial Staff

President Barack Obama’s poll numbers are down among younger voters. So what’s a candidate for re-election to do?

Why, pander, naturally! And Obama did so expertly on Tuesday, hopping on to Air Force One for yet another one of his campaign swings that masquerade as official business.

Obama pointed the presidential jet in the direction of college campuses in swing states, where he held de facto students-for-Obama rallies, demonized Republicans for plotting to increase the cost of a college education and even recruited Twitter followers to champion his cause