In laying out the risks each major candidate took in last week’s campaign events, the great Michael Barone mentions a surprising fact: Newt Gingrich and the late Ann Dunham, President Obama’s mother, were born in the same year, 1942. While this may suggest a generation gap between the potential rivals, it is not quite a full “generation” as most might picture the term, as Dunham gave birth to Barack Obama Jr. at age 18.
On Election Day 2012, Newt will be 69; Obama will be 51. Mitt Romney will be 65.