This is just a random fact that I realized only just now:  if Newt Gingrich were to win the election and become the 45th President next January, he would actually be the 2nd oldest President ever inaugurated.  Gingrich turns 69 years old in June.  The only President older than that at inauguration was Ronald Reagan, who was a couple weeks short of his 70th birthday when he was sworn into office in 1981.

I don’t know why it surprises me so much.  Gingrich has been around for a long time now, but I guess I didn’t think he was older than every President except for Reagan. 

Mitt Romney would actually be one of the oldest Presidents ever inaugurated, too.  If elected, Romney will be 65 years, 314 days old when he takes office.  That would make Romney the fourth-oldest President, behind Reagan (69 years, 349 days old), William Henry Harrison (68 years, 23 days old), and James Buchanan who was 65 years, 315 days old when he was sworn in — just one day older than Romney will be on Inauguration Day 2013.