It is a very wearing job. This thing goes 24/7 with no letup and no real vacations, and constant stress about when some of thousands of possible shoes will drop. There is always some possible disaster around a corner, that phone call at 3:00am. I have been in that sort of career, though with nowhere near the possible scope of trouble, and I am quite done with it. And I am not even 70, let alone 79.
And age has effects beyond merely reducing stamina.
-——stamina.-—
There you have it. Old men have decreased stamina. During recovery, errors of judgement and action will occur.
The Democrat nominee will be the one having the most charisma. So far there is no charismatic candidate. All are wonks