{"id":2563,"date":"2011-01-06T21:31:59","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T21:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=2563"},"modified":"2011-01-06T21:31:59","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T21:31:59","slug":"does_age_matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=2563","title":{"rendered":"Does Age Matter ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Barone posted an interesting article at the Washington Examiner<\/a> on Tuesday.  Michael Barone is the undisputed expert on voting districts, voting trends, which states to watch, etc.  The article he posted was about the age difference between Republican and Democrat Congressmen.  <\/p>\n

The article points out:<\/p>\n

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“The average age of Republican House members in the new Congress convening today is 54.9, younger than the Republicans’ average age in the previous Congress, 56.5.  But the average age of House Democrats has risen, from 58 to 60.2.  That can be explained partly by the high turnover in the 2010 election.  Many younger Democrats, first elected in 2006 or 2008. fell by the wayside.  The old bulls from 65 percent-plus Democratic districts survived.  Meanwhile, many young Republican challengers won.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“…The picture is similar on the Senate side of the Capitol, where the average age of Republicans is 61.4 and the average age of Democrats in 63.1.  That’s as wide a margin as in any Senate since the one produced by the election of 1982.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This results in a situation where the leaders of the Democrat Party represent a time when big government was considered a good thing.  The American electorate is no longer convinced of that idea.  The Democrats in Congress will be in agreement with what has been the Obama agenda up until this point, but how will the voters treat them in the next election?  We are seeing major changes in the political arena of our country right now.  Will the ‘old guard’ defeat the reforms supported by the Tea Party or will we see true change in Congress?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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