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• Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell experienced two extended “freeze episodes” during press conferences.
• And several members of Congress mistook TikTok for the name of a breath mint (Tic Tac).
• His leading rival in the 2024 presidential race, former President Donald Trump, is not far behind at 77.

How did we get to this ‘senior moment’?

• Some of this may also be attributed to older Americans being far more likely to vote than their younger counterparts.
• Yet lifespans have increased around the world and the ageing of US politicians still stands out compared to other developed nations.
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  Yes, Joe Biden is old and has low approval ratings, but this is why he's still confident of re-election

What did the founding fathers think about term limits?

• The founding fathers fiercely debated term limits for both presidents and members of Congress and even included them for members of the Continental Congress in the first Articles of Confederation.
• As much as Americans cherish the idea of the nation being founded on a constitution and laws instead of traditions and monarchy, the founding fathers ultimately did not legislate any term limits.
• Instead, they largely assumed custom, tradition and democratic elections would dictate the terms of office.
• While US presidents have faced term limits for most of the past century, members of Congress continue to serve as long as they like.

The price of elected office and who can afford it

• The 2020 election was not only contentious, but it was also the most expensive in US history.
• It cost more than US$14.4 billion (A$22.5 billion) for the presidential and congressional races – more than double what was spent in the 2016 elections.
• The 2022 elections also broke a record for spending in a midterm election at US$8.9 billion (A$13.9 billion).
• On an individual level, the average winner of a House of Representatives race in 1990 spent around US$400,000.
• Those with the resources necessary to afford such expensive campaigns are more likely to be older than not.

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• As Time magazine put it recently: “The sources of Biden’s grievances are manifold.
• Since reclaiming power, Netanyahu has formed a hard-right coalition filled with ultraconservative and ultra-Orthodox voices.
• They now number more than half a million across the West Bank, with many seeing it as their God-given land.

‘Terror’ on the West Bank

• The Israeli agriculture minister, Avi Dichter, tried to dismiss this as a misinformed comment.
• Behind all of this is a major problem for the Israelis in securing the West Bank for the Jewish settlers.
• A subsequent IDF rescue operation required a substantial ground force backed up by AH-64 Apache helicopters using air-to-ground missiles and took nine hours to complete.

Security and settlers

• Most analysts had come to the view that Israel had sufficient forces needed to ensure its own security – whether in southern Lebanon, Gaza or the West Bank.
• Many settlers live close to Palestinian towns and villages and are afforded protection by the Israeli government which is controlled by ultra-right parties sympathetic to the settler movement.
• The settlers will remain, they are well armed and utterly convinced that they are right.