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From the editorial, "And there’s another problem. Electing political leadership means voters have to attempt to predict the future, too. You could believe that Biden is now perfectly competent to be president (our view) and not want to risk that changing in another four years."
Age is a crude and mostly worthless determination of fitness for political office. Older people typically come with vast amounts of experience, a better sense of their own selves and a more measured view on life. Competence is what matters. But America is so riven by partisanship that we can't have the necessary conversation surrounding this issue.
Competence is what matters.
The two warring sides inflame competency question with politics instead of compassion
A Democrat does not appear able to look honestly at the strengths and weaknesses of McConnell, anymore than a Republican can look fairly at the issues with Biden.