Feinstein breaks home-state endorsement rule to spurn Kamala Harris and back Biden

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6. Why I feel Biden and Sanders are too old

to best represent our party as nominee in 2020.

Glad you asked, I have been posting about this all over the place and welcome the opportunity to explain my view here again:

Our younger candidates like Buttigieg, Booker, Harris, O'Rourke, Klobuchar are DECADES younger than either Biden or Sanders.


I feel that Biden, at age 76, and Sanders, at age 77, are both too old to best represent the party as our nominee in 2020. We have a slew of exceptional and well qualified candidates in the prime of their lives and I hope that voters get behind them and select one as our nominee.

Why? The rigors of being president. it ages everyone that holds the office 10 years. We have all seen that. Biden and Sanders will BOTH be in their 80's at the end of their first term if elected. They will be in there late EIGHTIES at the end of their second term.

Not only are there the usual physical health concerns about men in their 80's in high stress jobs, but AGE RELATED COGNITIVE DECILNE is a real and and well studied fact. Research shows that men between ages 65-70 experience about a 10% decline in fluid cognitive abilities. This decline continues thru the 70 age range.

Don't think this matters? Looking at society at large:

The average age of a CEO in a Fortune 500 company is 59.

The mandatory retirement age of a General in the military is 64 with a few exceptions to stay on until age 68.
(note: was 62-64, updated to current regulations here)

The average tenure for CEO's and generals are both about 10 years, corresponding to ages 54-64 for CEOS and 54-64 for Generals.

Think about that, complex organizations like Fortune 500 companies want and the Military DEMANDS that there leadership serve only from ages 55-65 roughly speaking.

The average age of all 44 U.S. presidents who have taken office was just over 55 years old until tRump took office as the oldest ever at age 70. (President Obama was 48 years old and served until he was 55). The presidency is a grueling job and prematurely ages everyone that holds that office, some people say by 10 years roughly. They all exhibit the signs of premature aging when they leave office.

Biden and Sanders are BOTH over a DECADE older than the 65 year retirement age Wall Street and the Military consider reasonable. And that's even before their first term as president even starts.

So, in closing, thanks again for giving me the opportunity to explain why I feel both are simply too old to best represent the party as our nominee in 2020. That's why I hope voters get behind one of the excellent younger candidates that are running.

Cheers!