I’ve mentioned that I have a problem with the ages of most of the presidential candidates. Today a thought struck me that I think would put that problem in perspective. I realized that Elizabeth Warren – the third youngest legitimate candidate still in the race is only three years younger than Bill Clinton – who was our president 28 years ago. If I were to rank the candidates in age order relative to Bill Clinton it would look roughly like this:
- Bernie Sanders (5 years older than Clinton)
- Michael Bloomberg
- Joe Biden
- Donald Trump (3 years older than Clinton)
- Bill Clinton (for reference)
- Elizabeth Warren (3 years younger than Clinton)
- Amy Klobuchar (14 years younger than Clinton)
- Pete Buttigieg (35 years younger than Clinton)
Why is it that we are stuck choosing mainly between candidates who are older than a president we had almost 3 decades ago?