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I agree with you about folks trying to sink the President. They seem to think that since they were big shots before, that they know what needs to be done now. The world has changed since 1992, and these guys don't seem to be hip to the new tricks. They're like old generals; still fighting the last war.

Good analysis. Just because people are old and their experience was a few years ago it does not mean we should ignore them but also it does not mean that because it was correct and right for that time that it works today.

The truth is probably somewhere in the middle. IMHO I think the President has got the balance about right, he has people in his government of that era and even before if you count the babe of the Ford Administration Dick Cheney and of course until very recently Don Rumsfeld but he also has people from his time in Texas and of course elsewhere - newer blood with fresh ideas and different backgrounds.

A mix of old and young, new ideas and old ideas.

It is sad when some in the older generation just want a status quo and are not prepared to move on and embrace new ideas.

Those that are IMHO often have a younger outlook and remain more active in their advanced years providing their health is good. I would suspect the President's father falls into that category.

I agree with you about folks trying to sink the President. They seem to think that since they were big shots before, that they know what needs to be done now. The world has changed since 1992, and these guys don't seem to be hip to the new tricks. They're like old generals; still fighting the last war.

Amen. My opinion is actually far stronger than what I've expressed on this thread, but some things are best left unsaid in certain settings.

But I can't resist pointing out that Bush 41 went to the Ford funeral with Baker and Simpson, not with his own son.