Happy Birthday, Arlen!

by Andrew Gelman on February 12, 2010 · 1 comment

in Campaigns and elections

Arlen Specter shares a birthday with Abraham Lincoln but is much, much younger. Lincoln would be be turning 201 if he were still alive today, and Specter is only 80. Which means, if he succeeds in his reelection campaign, he will be a mere 86 at the end of his next term in the Senate. Fortunately, the job entails no heavy lifting.

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LFC February 15, 2010 at 2:29 pm

Do you have some particular grievance vs. Specter or is this an attempt at humor? After all, there have been older Senators; Byrd is older, to mention one.

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