Pretty funny stuff.... A 72 year old white guy may enter the democratic race to re-energize it......
Man is this great or what? Their rival party has a much more diverse and younger set of candidates.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...insiders-where-are-the-democrats-fresh-faces/
So what does this say about the Democratic Party? It’s interesting to note that the Democrats spend a lot of time wagging their fingers at the Republican Party for being too old and too white. Well, the common denominator for all three of the Democrats’ most viable presidential candidates in 2016 is that they are white and over 65. The Democrats savor their diversity, and the primary composition of their party base is young people, Hispanics and African-Americans. But their candidates do not reflect that demographic composition. Barack Obama is president because he was able to produce a spike in turnout among young voters, blacks, Hispanics and Asians. It is hard to make the case that any of the Democratic candidates are going to be able to produce the same type of enthusiasm that generated the spike in turnout that propelled Obama to the presidency.
Republicans thought in 2012 that even if Mitt Romney’s candidacy lacked excitement, voters’ disillusionment with the Obama presidency would be enough to drive Republican turnout and win back the White House. Well, we were wrong. And no matter how much the Democrats try to make people fearful of Republicans, if they do not have energy and enthusiasm on their side, the Democratic coalition may not vote for the Republican nominee, but it also may not vote at all.
Whatever the Democrats’ problem is with their current field, it is hard to imagine how Vice President Biden will be the answer. This is going to be a change election, not a call for a third Obama term. If the Democrats are looking for a savior for 2016, they need to keep looking.
Man is this great or what? Their rival party has a much more diverse and younger set of candidates.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...insiders-where-are-the-democrats-fresh-faces/
So what does this say about the Democratic Party? It’s interesting to note that the Democrats spend a lot of time wagging their fingers at the Republican Party for being too old and too white. Well, the common denominator for all three of the Democrats’ most viable presidential candidates in 2016 is that they are white and over 65. The Democrats savor their diversity, and the primary composition of their party base is young people, Hispanics and African-Americans. But their candidates do not reflect that demographic composition. Barack Obama is president because he was able to produce a spike in turnout among young voters, blacks, Hispanics and Asians. It is hard to make the case that any of the Democratic candidates are going to be able to produce the same type of enthusiasm that generated the spike in turnout that propelled Obama to the presidency.
Republicans thought in 2012 that even if Mitt Romney’s candidacy lacked excitement, voters’ disillusionment with the Obama presidency would be enough to drive Republican turnout and win back the White House. Well, we were wrong. And no matter how much the Democrats try to make people fearful of Republicans, if they do not have energy and enthusiasm on their side, the Democratic coalition may not vote for the Republican nominee, but it also may not vote at all.
Whatever the Democrats’ problem is with their current field, it is hard to imagine how Vice President Biden will be the answer. This is going to be a change election, not a call for a third Obama term. If the Democrats are looking for a savior for 2016, they need to keep looking.
