Perhaps you missed the fact that young voters were attracted to Ron Paul in surprising numbers.
and Ron Paul is older than John McCain
but he's not "mean and nasty"
Mean and nasty is a big part of it. Ron Paul could remind them of their grandfather. McCain just comes across as an annoying old man. I lived in a gated golf course community that was full of old men, I know what I am talking about. When people get old, some get mellow, but most seem to get really nasty.
If that’s what getting old is all about, I don’t think that I want to do it.