- Staff Notice
Part of the problem, I think, is the role itself. It's not just someone who is head of government, but head of state too and that's why mainly old men seem to get the job.
That is only a recent phenomenon. Clinton wasn’t old, Nixon wasn’t old, Carter wasn’t old, the Kennedy’s weren’t old......
I thought Reagan was too old for the job, but he was actually doing quite well until he got shot, and he was never really the same again after that.