MB Civic

By David Ignatius | Thursday, February 7, 2008 | The Washington Post

“…The Kennedy comparison is overused with Obama. But on this issue, it’s entirely justified. JFK was a candidate of generational change — of youth and “vigor,” as the Kennedys liked to say. Part of what charmed America and the world in 1960 was that Jack and Jackie were so young and marked such a break with Dwight Eisenhower’s “granddad” Republicanism. America in 1960 was confident and restless enough to roll the dice and vote for a 43-year-old. Hillary Clinton, whatever else she stands for, is a classic baby boomer. More than her boomer-in-chief husband, Bill, she represents the admirable aspects of her generation. She’s the hardworking one, the one who prepares for the debates, the one who gets by on grit and good sense rather than charm. This generational position is at once Hillary’s strength and weakness. We’ve elected two boomers in a row, and it would be surprising if America now jumped a generation, backward or forward. But Hillary inherits the nation’s ambivalence about boomers (at least the elitist, blue-state version) and their self-indulgence and self-absorption….”…BS

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