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StevieM

(10,500 posts)
8. I like Tom Steyer, who will be 63 in 2020.
Wed May 2, 2018, 11:11 PM
May 2018

I don't think we can rule out the possibility that Biden or Sanders will be the nominee. And I definitely think that they are both running.

I don't get the feeling that Elizabeth Warren plans on running.

elocs

(22,574 posts)
3. If the Democratic Party has no viable candidates who are too young to collect Social Security,
Wed May 2, 2018, 07:37 PM
May 2018

what future does it have? It is time for the torch to be passed to a new generation and to have that generation step up to the plate and accept the responsibility of becoming leaders in this nation.
I'm 65 and looking forward to voting for somebody who is not an old fart, especially the "get off my lawn" type.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
5. "time for the torch to be passed to a new generation"
Wed May 2, 2018, 09:09 PM
May 2018

I've posted that numerous times in the past and typically got attacked for it.

elocs

(22,574 posts)
7. Well I stole the quote from a great Democrat, President John F. Kennedy
Wed May 2, 2018, 11:08 PM
May 2018

who today would probably be labelled as a DINO or Republican Lite by the holier-than-thou on the Left who believe our tent should be small and exclusive.

Ace Rothstein

(3,162 posts)
9. That is kind of an issue when people stay in the Senate for decades.
Wed May 2, 2018, 11:16 PM
May 2018

12 of our 47 Democratic Senators are under 60. There is very little young blood in our party in higher office.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
4. "The poll questioned 295 likely Democratic primary voters"
Wed May 2, 2018, 09:08 PM
May 2018

295 ?

Not sure how representative that is of the state.

Especially since she's from next door Massachusetts,
and the Boston TV market hits a lot of N.H.

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