That the Republicans are a party of old white men could be a headline from “Duh” magazine.* But when you see how that plays out in real life, as the Miami Herald showed with the 2010 Florida races, it’s pretty surprising stuff.

The Republican front-runners for statewide office include Gov. Charlie Crist for Senate, Attorney General Bill McCollum for governor, Senate President Jeff Atwater for chief financial officer and U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam for agriculture commissioner. Putnam is the only one of the GOP candidates under 50 years old…

In contrast, the Democratic front-runners for the top of the ticket are U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, a 42-year-old African American running for the U.S. Senate, and Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink for governor, who would be the state’s first female chief executive. A handful of Hispanic and Jewish Democrats are potentially in the mix for attorney general and chief financial officer.

This might be a bit of a simplification, since Crist’s rival in the Senate primary is former state House Speaker Marco Rubio, a Cuban-American. And Crist himself falls into a couple of minority demographic groups. First, he’s widely believed to be in the closet but gay. Second, he’s not really white but more whatever that color that U.S. Rep. John Boehner is.

Still, you can stand around saying that you just don’t get it all day long. In Florida, the Republican party is putting its slate where its mouth is. We believe them, and commend their steadfast determination to cling to an outdated leadership model, no matter what. You go, moldy white guys! Really. Go.

* Thanks, Andy Borowitz