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In reply to the discussion: I now believe Joe Biden will run for President in 2020. [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,926 posts)And perhaps to lend some sanity to the discussions.
I know that how old someone is really does matter. I am not about to make blanket statements about those over some age or under some age. But still, age matters. Even when those of us of the exact same age have a different take on things.
I'm beyond frustrated that so many here are happily focussed on 2020, as if there weren't a very important midterm election coming up in about seven months. And I've seen this ever since the beginning of DU. The mid terms get dismissed as if they barely mattered, as if they were something like electing a prom queen (with all due respect to prom queens and kings everywhere). But the mid terms are hugely important, and the fact that too many Democrats seem to think they hardly matter is at the root of our problem as a political party. That and the willingness to let very old politicians stay in office forever, to not make any attempt to groom younger people for political positions. As I stated above, the reason Republicans have done so well in recent elections is that they've groomed a younger generation. We haven't. That's a huge mistake.