In planning for the future of the Democratic party and its ability to hold the White House, Sanders age is most certainly an issue. If he wins the presidency, he will be 75 when sworn in. The likelihood of him running for re-election and winning in 2020 when he is near 80 is small. Therefore, he will be starting his presidency already a lame-duck president. He will have a mere four years to get all his lofty goals off the ground and rebuild a Democratic majority in Congress with the “revolution” he is calling for. Clinton, on the other hand, is still in her prime. In 2020, she will only be 72, younger than Sanders is now. Add that to the badly-kept secret that she is likely to choose rising party superstar Julian Castro as her VP and we could have the first woman president, followed by the first Hispanic president and hold the White House into the 2030s. This is no more of a pipe dream than anything Sanders is purporting to be able to achieve. If I have to choose a fantasy, I’ll choose the one that makes our party the strongest well into the future.