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63195. 100 NEEDIEST CASES: STILL TIME TO HELP THOUSANDS KATHERINE CROFT De Soto High School With the 2016 elections right around the corner, is it too soon to talk about 2020? I ask this as a Democrat. I want to be excited about a candidate. This 2016 group do much for me. Start with the age thing.

Bernie Sanders is 74. Hillary Clinton is 68. How come the Dems have a candidate not yet eligible for Social Security? even mention Martin Admittedly, not old be 53 in January but disqualified because of his previous life as Tommy Carcetti. Carcetti was a character in the greatest television series of all time. It was set in Baltimore.

Carcetti was a member of the city council. He ran for mayor and won because two black candidates split the black vote. Then he ran for governor of Maryland. He won. He was a creep, high on ambition and low on integrity.

was a member of the city council in Baltimore. He ran for mayor and won because two black candidates split the black vote. Then he ran for governor. He won. was written by a former newspaper reporter, so you know accurate.

No way should be president. That leaves my party with the two AARP candidates. At least Bernie has a legitimate reason to run. He wants real change. The United States of Meandering toward 2020 BILL McCLELLAN St.

Louis Post-Dispatch is Democrat longs for a candidate not so long in the tooth See MCCLELLAN Page B5 YEAR IN REVIEW TOP LOCAL NEWS HEADLINES TOP WEATHERBIRDS OF 2015 Gateway Arch 50th Anniversary Donald Trump enters the presidential race New James Bond movie, Polar bear Kali comes to the St. Louis Zoo Pope Francis visits the U.S. South Carolina lowers Confederate Flag Wars: The Force opens It was a year of change, as the region celebrated successes, struggled to handle failures and strove to move forward STORIES ON PAGES B3-4 J.B. FORBES The St. Louis Zoo welcomed a new polar bear, Kali, and a redesigned habitat that debuted June 6 DAVID CARSON Sharon Gardner (left) congratulates her son Wesley Bell after he was sworn in as a new Ferguson city councilman April 21 ROBERT COHEN Mizzou students block the view of photographers covering the protest on campus Nov.

9 DAVID CARSON St. Louis Alderman Scott Ogilvie (left) reacts after passage of the stadium nancing bill on Dec. 18 Sink or swim? We did both in 2015.