They're 80+. They're in charge. They're not going away.
(CNN)Voters generally reward age and experience, at least when it comes to incumbents.
But there's an old herd of active politicians taking things to a new level. Today, it seems, you're nobody in Washington unless you're 80.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has been the top House Democrat for nearly 20 years, is 81. Her deputy, Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, is 82. The No. 3 Democrat, South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, is 81.
President Joe Biden, who turns 80 next November, is comparatively junior -- though once the youngest member of the US Senate, he was the oldest person to take office as President.
