His past picks – like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton – have all won the party's nomination, if not the White House. Since then, Democrats have had to re-evaluate their choice for the aging Biden – who grudgingly abandoned his re-election bid last year amid a rising din of questions about his competency. "We have a geriatric problem," said Ashley McIntyre Stewart, specifically noting the recent House spending bill. He said he respected the wisdom of elderly politicians like Clyburn and Biden, but his party needed a youth movement. William Godwin hopes young people will continue to be drawn to the Democratic Party