I am going to say something very controversial for some...

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

43. Not controversial at all.

All those who keep on gushing why we should run one of them again are deluding themselves.

We absolutely need new, young people. Someone who has a track record in politics. So no Caroline Kennedy, who did so very badly in her one aborted attempt to run for office that I'm pretty sure she'll never consider running again. Or any other public figure, like Michelle Obama who has made it quite clear she has zero interest in running for anything.

We should really not look at anyone who will be at least 60 in 2020.

I'm 68, and while I'm a lot healthier and have more stamina than most people my age, I'm still 68. We all slow down as we get older, and we all lose mental sharpness. The modern Presidency is not a job for a senior citizen.

By continuing to put forth only older Democrats for consideration, the party is in the process of becoming somewhat like a third world dictatorship, where one man runs the country for forty years, and when he dies there's no one to step in with any competence to run things.

I am NOT comparing any of the above named with any third world dictatorship, only pointing out the very real danger in locking younger people out of the power chain.