"Say What You Will About Biden . . ."

[loyalsister]

21. Like John MCaine and George HW Bush?

Anger, age, and experience weren't enough to overcome a younger, more charismatic, relatively inexperienced candidate in '08
The Reagan administration and the CIA weren't exactly endearing marks for the elder Bush vs. Clinton.

The glaring modern exception to the youth advantage was. A younger, timid Carter who was not able to overcome the energy and "morning in America optimism" that Reagan was able to convey with his marginally capable acting skills. When he had incumbency on his side, former VP Mondale got stomped despite his experience, capability, and seriousness of his approach.

We have a lot of candidates who are not near the end point of the average life span. It's a reasonable consideration for candidacy for some people.