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Reid bemoans Democrats' lineup of 2020 presidential candidates - calls it an 'old folks home'

By Robert Laurie ——--December 28, 2016

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We've spent quite a bit of time talking about the ugly reality facing today's Democrats. As a political force, they've essentially been decimated by the Obama years. Following Hillary Clinton's implosion, they hold a historically small number of seats at the federal, state, and local levels. They're facing an absolutely brutal 2018 midterm map, their "bench" is embarrassingly shallow, and (so far) fresh faces are nowhere to be found.
As they restore old-timers like Nancy Pelosi to positions of power, one must wonder: Do they understand that they've become the "small regional party of elderly white people?" Yesterday, we saw a couple of signs that suggested they had. Today we have another. As Harry Reid wanders off into the Las Vegas sunset, he's trashing his own party's 2020 possibilities - referring to the line-up of potential candidates as "an old folks home." From The Hill:
The prospective class of Democrats who could run for president in 2020 is shaping up as an "old-folks’ home," according to retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
Reid made the remark earlier this month when asked by an aide whether he might support a White House run by Vice President Biden, according to New York Magazine. In response to the question, Reid mentioned the age of several prominent Democrats who are talked about as likely candidates in 2020. “It depends on who’s running,” Reid told his staff. “It appears we’re going to have an old-folks’ home. We’ve got [Elizabeth] Warren; she’ll be 71. Biden will be 78. Bernie [Sanders] will be 79.”
This would appear to be a rare moment of clarity for Reid - a Democrat who can finally be honest, since he has nothing to lose by uttering the truth.

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