Age And Potential Democratic Nominees

[Mister Mets]

Hillary Clinton is the prohibitive favorite to be the Democratic party's nominee for President. She'll be 69 on Inauguration Day 2017.
Joe Biden places first in polls that don't include HRC. He'll be 74 on Inauguration Day 2017.
The progressive fave is Elizabeth Warren, who will be a bit younger at 67.

Vermont Sanders Bernie Sanders had expressed interest in running. He'll be 75.
There's been some chatter about Al Gore as a potential contender. He'll be 68.
Former Virginia Senator Jim Webb said he's considering a run. He will be 70.

West Virginia Senator (and former) Joe Manchin said today that he might run. He'll be 69.

How did the party of some of the youngest Presidents ever elected (JFK, Bill Clinton, Obama) get to be defined by elder statesmen?

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

How did the party of some of the youngest Presidents ever elected (JFK, Bill Clinton, Obama) get to be defined by elder statesmen?

2010. It took out a lot of our rising stars and potential heavy weights in 2016.

[NHLiberal]

Hillary Clinton is the prohibitive favorite to be the Democratic party's nominee for President. She'll be 69 on Inauguration Day 2017.
Joe Biden places first in polls that don't include HRC. He'll be 74 on Inauguration Day 2017.
The progressive fave is Elizabeth Warren, who will be a bit younger at 67.

Vermont Sanders Bernie Sanders had expressed interest in running. He'll be 75.
There's been some chatter about Al Gore as a potential contender. He'll be 68.
Former Virginia Senator Jim Webb said he's considering a run. He will be 70.

West Virginia Senator (and former) Joe Manchin said today that he might run. He'll be 69.

How did the party of some of the youngest Presidents ever elected (JFK, Bill Clinton, Obama) get to be defined by elder statesmen?

Cherry picking if I've ever seen it. Clinton and Biden are the frontrunners because they are the most experienced/high-profile, and you generally achieve that with age. But without Hillary in the mix, Gillibrand (47), O'Malley (51), Patrick (57), Booker (45), Klobuchar (54), Warner (59), Schweitzer (58), and Cuomo (56) are all likelier to run and/or win than Manchin, Webb, Gore, Sanders, and Warren. The idea that we are defined by elder statesmen is laughable; Manchin, Webb, and Sanders are irrelevant and Gore is relevant today for reasons outside of politics.

[Mister Mets]

One problem is that O'Malley and Schweitzer are the only other candidates who have expressed an interest in running for President. Schweitzer will still be 61 on Inauguration Day 2017, while O'Malley would be a more typical 54.

A factor may be that younger Democrats are unwilling to hint that they may run against Hillary, due to her strengths as a frontrunner and the possibility of retribution. An elderly Vice President and a former Senator of Virginia have much less to lose.