I am afraid. I am afraid that the promised blue wave will fizzle

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

16. Speaking as someone who was a very strong supporter of Bernie Sanders

in 2016, his time is past. He's irrelevant. He's too old, too out of touch. He will NOT run a credible campaign in 2020. Don't worry about him.

What you need to worry and care about is that the Democratic Party will come up with a younger viable candidate. Someone well under the age of 60, hopefully even under 50.

One of the things I'm totally frustrated by is that the only Dems mentioned for 2020 seem to be old guys and gals. We need to be looking to the future, not the past. If people keep on going for the same old same old, we have no hope of winning in 2020. Keep in mind that the reason Republicans have dominated recently is that they have been running candidates for office starting at the lowest levels -- county commissioners, city council, state representatives, and then gone on to Governors, Senators, Representatives. They've recruited young people into all of those positions. Democrats seem very happy to continue to re-elect people in their 70's and 80's, as if age is meaningless.

Age matters. I'm speaking as someone who will turn 70 next month, and even though people tend to be astonished when they learn my age (I apparently seem a good ten years younger) I clearly understand that we need to pass the torch to the next generation. Hmmm. There's something familiar here . . . .