if my grandpa made it to 85, ANYBODY can I don't want anyone over the age of 65 running the damn country. If that makes me an "ageist"...GOOD. Why? How about 64 1/2? I'm tired of old people getting the job. With everything else, we look at 65 as the age when people should be retired by and settling into the autumn years of their life. Why do we make a exception with the most powerful job in the world and willingly hand it over to people who would likely drive us bonkers in every other professional walk of life? Again, maybe I'm being biased. Old people can go off and be old and be happy...but stay out of the Oval Office. If we have a minimum age for the job, we should have a maxmimum one for it, too. lucky for you we've gone 16 years without a retirement aged person in the white house Hey, it's no guarentee for a good president, but I'll take my chances.