The Hill occasionally will publish opinion pieces, or opinion pieces posing as hard news, that make a half-hearted attempt to balance out their coverage. In that vein, Amie Parnes (per her biography, a longtime political journalist and writer with a penchant for covering Democrat campaigns) wrote a piece titled “Five reasons Democrats are worried about Biden.”

Really? Only FIVE? Pretty sure that there are lots more, but let’s look at what Parnes lists out as the Democrats’ current causes of concern. First up: Biden’s age.

The biggest worry Democrats have is the president’s age. Biden will turn 81 in November and would be 86 at the end of a second term.”

He’s already the oldest president in U.S. history, a record he breaks every day in office.”

Strategists in the Democratic Party see it as the main reason for a contradiction in polling: Most Democrats approve of Biden’s first term, but more than half of those surveyed say the president shouldn’t run again.”

Biden’s age is a source of attacks from his would-be rivals.”

This is a gimmie, because it’s so obvious. Remember that Ronald Reagan was only 77 when he LEFT office – a full three years younger than Biden is NOW. And Biden will be turning 82 just a couple of weeks after Election Day 2024. By contrast, John McCain was 71 in 2008 – and HE was dogged by age questions that the media found perfectly acceptable to ask. Which is why Democrats are being put in front of cameras to claim that Biden has “energy.”