It’s funny being hammock camping all weekend I hadn’t heard the news until I went and saw my folks. I don’t follow the news carefully anymore.

Sometimes it’s best to know when to toss your hat in the ring and leave while your ahead. Times change but people often struggle to adapt to changes. New people and new ways of thinking are what’s needed. I’m quite excited about both Kamela Harris and JD Vance, both reflect new ways of thinking and addressing our nations problems. I’m not opposed to the elderly – but there is a time to move on to retirement – and let the younger generations lead.

I’m not arguing that Kamela Harris (age 18 in 1985) or JD Vance (age 18 in 2003)  agree on much, but it’s refreshing to see new people and new ideas in politics. Both candidates have their pros and cons on various issues. But they share in common growing up in the modern era – where computers were commonplace, cars had safety equipment, factories had pollution controls and neither lived through the Vietnam War.

Think of it this way – modern US government – established in the late 1960s and early 1970s with the EPA, NTSHA, OSHA, NEPA, etc. had been around for decades by the time Kamela and JD came to be voting age. The same can’t be said about the earlier generation of leaders in this country who grew up before the modern era. While America 1985 or 2003 isn’t America today, it certainly is much closer to today’s America then the mid 1960s.