Posted by Jed Lewison on Mon Jun 9, 2008 at 12:00 AM Pacific

Even GOP hacks think McCain is older than he really is

From Tom Edsall's new piece on why the GOP is pessimistic about John Bush McCain's chances in the fall:

"I think we've got a world of problems," said one Republican strategist with extensive experience in presidential campaigns. He said this came home to him with a thud when he watched Obama and McCain give speeches last Tuesday, with the Democrat speaking before "20,000 screaming fans, while John McCain looked every bit of his 72 years" in a speech televised from New Orleans. This Republican cited the liberal blogger Atrios' description of McCain's speech with a green backdrop that made McCain "look like the cottage cheese in a lime Jell-O salad."

He's right. They do have a world of problems. Among them? John McCain isn't 72 years old. He's 71. Even his own party thinks he's older than he really is.

Even GOP hacks think McCain is older than he really is

From Tom Edsall's new piece on why the GOP is pessimistic about John Bush McCain's chances in the fall:

"I think we've got a world of problems," said one Republican strategist with extensive experience in presidential campaigns. He said this came home to him with a thud when he watched Obama and McCain give speeches last Tuesday, with the Democrat speaking before "20,000 screaming fans, while John McCain looked every bit of his 72 years" in a speech televised from New Orleans. This Republican cited the liberal blogger Atrios' description of McCain's speech with a green backdrop that made McCain "look like the cottage cheese in a lime Jell-O salad."

He's right. They do have a world of problems. Among them? John McCain isn't 72 years old. He's 71. Even his own party thinks he's older than he really is.

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