This is a thread to watch and discuss the changing national leadership share by generation.

Yesterday, Boomer Republican John Barrasso (b. 1952) was appointed as the junior Senator from Wyoming, replacing deceased Silent Republican Craig Thomas (1933 - 2007), who died early this month of leukemia. (Bizarrely, he was the third Silent in Congress to die of cancer this year.)

With the replacement of Thomas by Barrasso, the Senate now stands at 53 Boomers, 37 Silent, 5 GIs, 5 Xers. And the Boomers now have 2/3 (67%) of national leadership, with 53% in the Senate, 65% in the House, and a whopping 82% of governors.

Xers are, as always, late bloomers to politics, having under 1/10 of national leadership. At the same approximate age, Boomers had about 1/5, Silents 1/4, GIs 2/5...even the Lost had 17%.

As for the Silents, while down to 20% in the House, 37% in the Senate, and 12% of governors, they have all the key power positions (especially those based on seniority).

And those last few GIs are pretty damned hearty.

Still, even if neither party is particularly popular these days, as a generation the Boomers have a mandate. How many Boomers does it take to really kick in a 4T?