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Thanks for donating towards longevity research!
For future donations, I might consider donating directly to medical research targeted at aging, like the SENS Research Foundation. Political donations seem to be high variance, with a sizable amount of the potential value actually being negative, because good ideas that get associated with 'bad' people become bad ideas (politically, at least). Consider the satellite Gore proposed to monitor the Earth's climate from the L1 point; it was ready to launch by 2003, but sat ignored in a warehouse possibly because of animosity of the Bush administration towards Gore.
Likewise, we don't want any longevity institutes at the NIH to be like the NCCIH. A firm scientific backing and ongoing research with successes along the way will likely go farther than political fiat.
It's also interesting to note that the NCCIH isn't the result of presidential action.
Politically focusing on getting a congressman or senator elected is much easier than running for president.
You often see third parties putting fourth a candidates for president, not because they expect to win, but just as a way to try to get more attention for their specific issues.