Posted on 01/08/2011 10:28:01 PM PST by george76
The House of Representatives won't undergo merely a partisan change when the new Congress convenes on Wednesday. It will, in many ways, undergo a generational change as well... the influx of 87 new Republican House members who will be sworn in Wednesday will lower the average age of House Republicans to 54.9 from 56.5 in the last Congress...
By contrast, Democrats in the House are moving in the opposite direction on the age scale. The 2010 election swept from office some of the party's younger members from moderate swing districts, and the result is a Democratic caucus that is both more liberal and grayer. The average age of a Democratic House member will rise to 60.2 from 58.
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just below the Speaker the change is stark. The new House Republican Leader will be Rep. Eric Cantor, 47. Outgoing Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer is 71.
The number three spot in the Republican leadership, the post of majority whip, will be held by Rep. Kevin McCarthy, 45. By contrast, outgoing Democratic whip James Clyburn is 70.
Mr. Cantor insists this generational change is no accident. It's the direct result, he says, of the so-called Young Guns program ...
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“and the result is a Democratic caucus that is both more liberal and grayer.”
Just goes to show that age doesn’t always bring wisdom, doesn’t it? How sad.
“A mind is a terrible thing to waste”.
LOL
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