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In reply to the discussion: I am 71. We don't need people of my generation running in 2020. [View all]SergeStorms
(19,853 posts)you're 100% correct. I'm at an age where I don't want to keep up with every nuance this world has to offer, and anyone my age or older shouldn't either. The world is going so fast I can't keep up with it. I know I'm not representative of everyone my age, but the future belongs to the young, not someone who was in San Francisco during the "summer of love". The Woodstock generation should be enjoying their grandchildren, or great-grandchildren. That doesn't mean I'm going to ignore the world or the politics that run it, but those issues should be handled by someone young enough to have new ideas of how to navigate the future. Old ideas are not going to cut it.
Democrats must realize this if we're going to involve the millennials in the process, and get them excited about their future and how they want to shape the world. I think it's pretty much a certainty that Republicans are going to stick with their 60 and over candidates, at least for the time being. We have to beat them to the punch (for once) and have younger, more vibrant candidates on the Democratic slate.
Just my two cents.