Being 68 years old and living in an upper middle class environment in central New Jersey, I come across a great many women in our circle and among their friends, who absolutely adore Hillary Clinton. They can\’t wait to vote for her in 2016.
And that, I think, is one of Ms. Clinton\’s biggest problems.
Assuming she runs (and I am not at all convinced she will), Ms. Clinton will turn 69 years old during the 2016 campaign. She has been in our faces continually – some might say incessantly – for almost a quarter century.
Does she connect with the young voters who Democrats must have to win? Thinking specifically of 18 – 24\’s, she is old enough to be their GRANDMOTHER. I wonder how many of them see her as nothing other than a relic their parents talk a lot about.
I, of course, don\’t know whether that is the case. But maybe the reception she got when speaking at Georgetown University yesterday is an indication:
