From WNYC Studios.

I'm Brian Lerer.

This is my daily politics podcast.

It's Thursday, April 27th.

Old beats crazy.

Old beats crazy.

That's the title of the latest article by a York Magazine National Correspondent, Gabe DeBenedetti.

It's his early framing of President Biden's re-election campaign, Old Beats Crazy.

And I have a feeling that comparison is with more than just Donald Trump.

We'll talk to Gabe about Old beats, old beats crazy in a minute

and find out. But just to set this up, Biden, who's 80, knows his age is an issue that gives

people pause about him. It's very well documented in many, many polls by now, even for people

who like him. And he addressed it at a news conference yesterday,

his first since announcing his reelection campaign on Tuesday. And with regard to age,

I can't even say, I guess how old I am, I can't even say the number. It doesn't register

with me. And, but the only thing I can't even say the number it doesn't register with me and but the only

thing I can say is that one of the things that people are going to find out they're

going to see a race and they're going to judge whether or not I have it or don't

have it I respect them taking a hard look at it I take a hard look at it as well

I took a hard look at it before I decided a hard look at it as well. I took a hard look at it before I decided

to run. And I feel good. I feel excited about the prospects. And I think we're in the verge of

really turning the corner in a way we have in a long time. Joe Biden yesterday will play

...