Happy Birthday, Mr. President


Tomorrow, President Obama is turning 50. And to celebrate the occasion, Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich decided to remind the president that he is now “indisputably middle-aged.” Using a well-constructed house building metaphor, Schmich writes, “By 50, the roof is on, and even if you still plan additions, the pace of construction has slowed, and there’s no denying what you’ve made.” She goes on to solicit advice from others who recently hit the middle-aged milestone and some of it is very funny. “Just get your colonoscopy over with,” is one. “Nobody gets everything,” seems especially appropriate in light of the recent debt ceiling fight.

The Washington Post disagrees, arguing that in the nation’s gray-haired capital, Obama is merely a “tween.” The Post says in a city famous for both “idealizing and idolizing the elder statesman,” and running “on the fuel of youth,” the president will have to figure out how to go forward after reaching the “pinnacle of American power” so early in life.

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