Snuff Job

Heir apparent of the party of youth.
(AP photo)

An important question from Byron York:

What accounts for the Democrats’ dramatic change from the party of youth to the party of age?

And now the answer:

“It’s the snuffing out of young talent by the strength and size and sheer velocity of the inevitable nominee,” says a well-connected Democratic strategist. “The Clintons took all the air out of the collective Democratic room. There are a lot of people who would be running who are much younger, but they’ve got their future in front of them, and they don’t want the Clintons to ruin it, in this campaign or after this campaign. So they’re waiting for a moment when there is enough oxygen to run.”

“If Hillary Clinton weren’t running, we’d have a field that looks like the Republican field — young and vibrant and diverse.”

It’s always all about the Clintons, isn’t it?