HuffPo Reporter on Hillary Age Factor: You Don’t Want Somebody To ‘Die in Office’

HuffPo Reporter: Hillary Age Questions Appropriate, You Don’t Want Somebody to Die in Office (Washington Free Beacon)

Questioning a candidate’s age and health is in bounds when determining the validity of a presidential run.

“Age is very legitimate issue for a presidential candidate, and whoever the eventual nominee nominees for president are, they go through, you know, a physical that’s released the to the public. So it’s an appropriate question,” Huffington Post reporter Arthur Delaney said Friday. “You don’t want somebody to be sick and die in office.”

Many candidates in the past have been questioned if their age disqualifies them from running for office. Most of these have been Republican. Ronald Reagan was called too old to be President. Bob Dole was portrayed as out of touch and from a different generation.