Is Howard Dean right? "Dem leadership is 'old and creaky'"

[Sucha NastyWoman]

76. Make new friends but keep the old

There is no denying that people like Bernie and Elizabeth still have a lot to contribute. But contributing and leading are two different things.

I am up there in age myself, and I see that once you pass 50s or 60s even, you don't have the energy that you used to. And some other qualities are diminished too, even though there may be plenty of value still left. But few people are really in their prime past 50. I say let's keep the older people in advisory positions but let a newer and younger generation run the show.

I don't think young people have been particularly interested in joining the Democratic Party for a long time, until now. I think right now is a prime for recruiting them because they can see the importance of renewing our party in order to fight the Republican evil. But they're not going to go along with the same old same old.