User blog comment:Scrawland Scribblescratch/Presidential Stuff/@comment-32656-20120902032812/@comment-4727448-20120903032813

Smith was 40 at the time of ATL election. Past 40.

Beyond that, I see three presidents from New York. FDR, TR, and Smith. One more than OTL. Call it biasedness towards my state of residence, but I chose them because they were prominent politicians at their times of election. Cuomo, I had his parents move to the more Italian influenced city of South Carolina, where many Italians fled during the Italian Revolution. (1927). It is only natural they too, in their voyage to America, would go to a place where their people were.

And don't get me started on Hull--we've had Reagan, and we had McCain trying to push his way into the white house. I never saw age as being a problem, so long as the number stays under Reagan's age. Strange things were afoot once, I tell you.

And I'll put down the whole thing by saying that I do not use OTL people--I use their name and images, and sometimes their family histories, but never the exact same life story for them.