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The generational split is unfortunately inevitable, given the ever present tensions between youth and their antecedants. Every generation thinks they have the right answers and that they are free of the battles of the past. Saying one is "less invested" is simply politics; it is inevitably perceived positively by youth and negatively by the prior generation, because the term is vague. We're all carrying baggage from the sixties, even those who weren't yet here. That's the nature of the generational relationship. The key to moving forward is to respect the past and build on it, both the successes and the mistakes. The candidate that better articulates this common vision, rather than the politics of division so familiar from the Republicans, is more likely to be the successful president. Neither Obama nor Clinton nor Edwards have managed it yet.
