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I think part of the appeal of youth is that your record is not as long, so you are not hurt as much the shifting political wins. For example, Hillary’s Iraq War vote came back to hurt her in 2008. And although Bob Dole was trying to pretend to be a Reagan-style conservative in 1996, everybody knew he wasn’t. (Which in its own way is kind of sad, because it was finally “his turn” and he couldn’t run as himself. Not that preferred those policies, although I admire his wicked sense of humor.)
To mix metaphors, everyone likes fresh faces because they don’t carry baggage of the past.
Nobody wants eight years of this:
Turnt gimps like Lanny Davis and James Carville notwithstanding, nobody is eager to play Pip to her Miss Havershim. Not Andrea Mitchell, Not Mika BabeBrzezinski, not even the frozen head of Norman Lear, which is rumored to be calling for Fauxcahontas over Greybeard (come on, you just know those drunks would call her that).
In the language of presidential politics, Marco Rubio is shorthand for “¡No Mas, no me gusta esta Vieja Sangrona!”
Y’all know what I’m talking about.
One of the advantages the Big O has is his Game Show Host attributes; bounding up to the podium with his Carnival Barker (
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eating?) Grin.
Can any daytime TV viewer resist?
You’re asking the right question, Bill, and I like your answer too.
Rubio has a first generation American’s additional advantage of a hopeful vision. He inspires idealism, but with a Cuban-American’s informed wariness of ideals misdirected by collectivist ideology.
For that reason he and Cruz are the potential leaders I most trust to hit firmly on the “undo” button for all that Obama wrought upon our country.
I didn’t realize Walker was only three years older than Rubio.
I suppose the advantage depends on the personality match-up between the candidates. Paul Ryan is one of the most well-spoken people in American politics, and conveys “youthfulness” as well as Rubio. That should be an advantage, but somehow against Biden it wasn’t. And I think someone who looked like a young know-it-all could come across badly in competition with an older female candidate.
I don’t think that would be a problem for either Rubio or Walker. Walker doesn’t come across as “youthful” in the same sense. Rubio is eloquent. It would probably be a political plus, and definitely is in comparison to Bush.
No Jeb? No argument here.
I’m pretty sure Hillary has the South Park version of Great Expectations planned out, complete with tear-powered Genesis device and robotic monkeys.
Which is to say, no, we don’t want eight years of that.
I would pay good money to watch that.
The winning attribute to beat Hillary will be for the GOP to get a candidate who makes people feel that they want their vote and are willing to work for it. Hillary is coming off as entitled and she’s no Bill. Young helps, positive helps, but mostly hustling and talking to real voters will help.