FEINSTEIN: Hun, it’s time for you to retire!

[Anonymous]

Yeah, from a ruthless politico standpoint, this could have been avoided. Bidenworld should have used his trip to campaign during the CA recall in 2021 as an opportunity to pull Newsom/Feinstein aside and figure out a preferred successor. Now Dems have borked themselves on federal judge appointees for the time being (which frankly, is the most substantial thing that can get done with a split Congress) AND due to the open seat in California, you have a race between two Dems sucking up donor money in a deep blue state when they're already going to be playing defense in 5 other races on the 2024 map.

According to FEC fundraising totals, $11 million over the past 3 months went to Schiff+Porter. We're still a year out from the CA primary. It's poor resource allocation. The former political finance consultant within me weeps.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You ageist jerks! She needs to be allow the full amount of time to recover and then some.

I would feel exactly the same way if Jon Ossoff were screwing up the committee's business with an extended absence.

I’m the PP who revived this thread last week. There is an argument that this could be sexist/ageist because no Democrats were saying this about Fetterman who also took an extended absence from the judiciary committee, until he announced that he would be returning to work today. I still think she needs to go, though.

Or because Fetterman just got elected and his health was a major campaign issue. Dems would not look great doing a flip flop like that so soon after he entered the Senate.

Well his health was an issue during the election and the voters still elected him. He also is not on the judicial committee. The dems need to appoint judges now. Feinstein’s situation makes people remember the RGB self inflected disaster.

Fetterman is indeed on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which makes the parallel to Feinstein direct. It’s been without both of them for months. I’m annoyed at Schumer for putting him on there with health issues, plus I think only lawyers should be on the Judiciary Committee.
https://www.congress.gov/member/john-fetterman/F000479

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, from a ruthless politico standpoint, this could have been avoided. Bidenworld should have used his trip to campaign during the CA recall in 2021 as an opportunity to pull Newsom/Feinstein aside and figure out a preferred successor. Now Dems have borked themselves on federal judge appointees for the time being (which frankly, is the most substantial thing that can get done with a split Congress) AND due to the open seat in California, you have a race between two Dems sucking up donor money in a deep blue state when they're already going to be playing defense in 5 other races on the 2024 map.

According to FEC fundraising totals, $11 million over the past 3 months went to Schiff+Porter. We're still a year out from the CA primary. It's poor resource allocation. The former political finance consultant within me weeps.

It’s even worse because a) Newsom said at some point that if Feinstein resigned he would appoint a Black woman and b) it’s not just Porter and Schiff, Barbara Lee is also running, so if Newsom fulfills his promise he picks one of the three candidates running in the primary and bumps them up so they’re running as an incumbent. There are some good caretaker candidates like Jerry Brown or Barbara Boxer or my girl crush Jackie Speier but none of them are Black women.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, from a ruthless politico standpoint, this could have been avoided. Bidenworld should have used his trip to campaign during the CA recall in 2021 as an opportunity to pull Newsom/Feinstein aside and figure out a preferred successor. Now Dems have borked themselves on federal judge appointees for the time being (which frankly, is the most substantial thing that can get done with a split Congress) AND due to the open seat in California, you have a race between two Dems sucking up donor money in a deep blue state when they're already going to be playing defense in 5 other races on the 2024 map.

According to FEC fundraising totals, $11 million over the past 3 months went to Schiff+Porter. We're still a year out from the CA primary. It's poor resource allocation. The former political finance consultant within me weeps.

It’s even worse because a) Newsom said at some point that if Feinstein resigned he would appoint a Black woman and b) it’s not just Porter and Schiff, Barbara Lee is also running, so if Newsom fulfills his promise he picks one of the three candidates running in the primary and bumps them up so they’re running as an incumbent. There are some good caretaker candidates like Jerry Brown or Barbara Boxer or my girl crush Jackie Speier but none of them are Black women.

Identity politics strikes again.
Will the Democrats ever learn?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, from a ruthless politico standpoint, this could have been avoided. Bidenworld should have used his trip to campaign during the CA recall in 2021 as an opportunity to pull Newsom/Feinstein aside and figure out a preferred successor. Now Dems have borked themselves on federal judge appointees for the time being (which frankly, is the most substantial thing that can get done with a split Congress) AND due to the open seat in California, you have a race between two Dems sucking up donor money in a deep blue state when they're already going to be playing defense in 5 other races on the 2024 map.

According to FEC fundraising totals, $11 million over the past 3 months went to Schiff+Porter. We're still a year out from the CA primary. It's poor resource allocation. The former political finance consultant within me weeps.

It’s even worse because a) Newsom said at some point that if Feinstein resigned he would appoint a Black woman and b) it’s not just Porter and Schiff, Barbara Lee is also running, so if Newsom fulfills his promise he picks one of the three candidates running in the primary and bumps them up so they’re running as an incumbent. There are some good caretaker candidates like Jerry Brown or Barbara Boxer or my girl crush Jackie Speier but none of them are Black women.

Hello Senator Harris!

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Anonymous wrote:You ageist jerks! She needs to be allow the full amount of time to recover and then some.

I would feel exactly the same way if Jon Ossoff were screwing up the committee's business with an extended absence.

I’m the PP who revived this thread last week. There is an argument that this could be sexist/ageist because no Democrats were saying this about Fetterman who also took an extended absence from the judiciary committee, until he announced that he would be returning to work today. I still think she needs to go, though.

Or because Fetterman just got elected and his health was a major campaign issue. Dems would not look great doing a flip flop like that so soon after he entered the Senate.

Well his health was an issue during the election and the voters still elected him. He also is not on the judicial committee. The dems need to appoint judges now. Feinstein’s situation makes people remember the RGB self inflected disaster.

Fetterman is indeed on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which makes the parallel to Feinstein direct. It’s been without both of them for months. I’m annoyed at Schumer for putting him on there with health issues, plus I think only lawyers should be on the Judiciary Committee.
https://www.congress.gov/member/john-fetterman/F000479

No he is not. So it is not a parallel to Feinstein. Why would you lie about something that is easily checked and is not listed in the link you posted?
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/members
Dems
Dianne Feinstein
Sheldon Whitehouse
Amy Klobuchar
Chris Coons
Richard Blumenthal
Mazie Hirono
Cory Booker
Alex Padilla
Jon Ossoff
Peter Welch

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Anonymous wrote:You ageist jerks! She needs to be allow the full amount of time to recover and then some.

I would feel exactly the same way if Jon Ossoff were screwing up the committee's business with an extended absence.

I’m the PP who revived this thread last week. There is an argument that this could be sexist/ageist because no Democrats were saying this about Fetterman who also took an extended absence from the judiciary committee, until he announced that he would be returning to work today. I still think she needs to go, though.

Or because Fetterman just got elected and his health was a major campaign issue. Dems would not look great doing a flip flop like that so soon after he entered the Senate.

Well his health was an issue during the election and the voters still elected him. He also is not on the judicial committee. The dems need to appoint judges now. Feinstein’s situation makes people remember the RGB self inflected disaster.

Fetterman is indeed on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which makes the parallel to Feinstein direct. It’s been without both of them for months. I’m annoyed at Schumer for putting him on there with health issues, plus I think only lawyers should be on the Judiciary Committee.
https://www.congress.gov/member/john-fetterman/F000479

Did you read your own link dumbass?

[Anonymous]

She’s probably mentally incompetent at this point. Maybe her family can do it and then they can just retire for her.

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Anonymous wrote:You ageist jerks! She needs to be allow the full amount of time to recover and then some.

I would feel exactly the same way if Jon Ossoff were screwing up the committee's business with an extended absence.

I’m the PP who revived this thread last week. There is an argument that this could be sexist/ageist because no Democrats were saying this about Fetterman who also took an extended absence from the judiciary committee, until he announced that he would be returning to work today. I still think she needs to go, though.

Or because Fetterman just got elected and his health was a major campaign issue. Dems would not look great doing a flip flop like that so soon after he entered the Senate.

Well his health was an issue during the election and the voters still elected him. He also is not on the judicial committee. The dems need to appoint judges now. Feinstein’s situation makes people remember the RGB self inflected disaster.

Fetterman is indeed on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which makes the parallel to Feinstein direct. It’s been without both of them for months. I’m annoyed at Schumer for putting him on there with health issues, plus I think only lawyers should be on the Judiciary Committee.
https://www.congress.gov/member/john-fetterman/F000479

Did you read your own link dumbass?

I did. His committees are
Finance [8]
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions [8]
Judiciary [6]
Commerce, Science, and Transportation [4]
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You ageist jerks! She needs to be allow the full amount of time to recover and then some.

I would feel exactly the same way if Jon Ossoff were screwing up the committee's business with an extended absence.

I’m the PP who revived this thread last week. There is an argument that this could be sexist/ageist because no Democrats were saying this about Fetterman who also took an extended absence from the judiciary committee, until he announced that he would be returning to work today. I still think she needs to go, though.

Or because Fetterman just got elected and his health was a major campaign issue. Dems would not look great doing a flip flop like that so soon after he entered the Senate.

Well his health was an issue during the election and the voters still elected him. He also is not on the judicial committee. The dems need to appoint judges now. Feinstein’s situation makes people remember the RGB self inflected disaster.

Fetterman is indeed on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which makes the parallel to Feinstein direct. It’s been without both of them for months. I’m annoyed at Schumer for putting him on there with health issues, plus I think only lawyers should be on the Judiciary Committee.
https://www.congress.gov/member/john-fetterman/F000479

Did you read your own link dumbass?

I did. His committees are
Finance [8]
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions [8]
Judiciary [6]
Commerce, Science, and Transportation [4]
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

It's not too late to ask Jeff to delete.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Imagine being peers with young whipper-snappers like Chuck Grassley and Mitch McConnell.

Yes, but she’s a chick so different rules.

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Anonymous wrote:You ageist jerks! She needs to be allow the full amount of time to recover and then some.

I would feel exactly the same way if Jon Ossoff were screwing up the committee's business with an extended absence.

I’m the PP who revived this thread last week. There is an argument that this could be sexist/ageist because no Democrats were saying this about Fetterman who also took an extended absence from the judiciary committee, until he announced that he would be returning to work today. I still think she needs to go, though.

Or because Fetterman just got elected and his health was a major campaign issue. Dems would not look great doing a flip flop like that so soon after he entered the Senate.

Well his health was an issue during the election and the voters still elected him. He also is not on the judicial committee. The dems need to appoint judges now. Feinstein’s situation makes people remember the RGB self inflected disaster.

Fetterman is indeed on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which makes the parallel to Feinstein direct. It’s been without both of them for months. I’m annoyed at Schumer for putting him on there with health issues, plus I think only lawyers should be on the Judiciary Committee.
https://www.congress.gov/member/john-fetterman/F000479

Did you read your own link dumbass?

I did. His committees are
Finance [8]
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions [8]
Judiciary [6]
Commerce, Science, and Transportation [4]
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Unfortunately your link is wrong. It conflicts with this: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/members

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Anonymous wrote:You ageist jerks! She needs to be allow the full amount of time to recover and then some.

I would feel exactly the same way if Jon Ossoff were screwing up the committee's business with an extended absence.

I’m the PP who revived this thread last week. There is an argument that this could be sexist/ageist because no Democrats were saying this about Fetterman who also took an extended absence from the judiciary committee, until he announced that he would be returning to work today. I still think she needs to go, though.

Or because Fetterman just got elected and his health was a major campaign issue. Dems would not look great doing a flip flop like that so soon after he entered the Senate.

Well his health was an issue during the election and the voters still elected him. He also is not on the judicial committee. The dems need to appoint judges now. Feinstein’s situation makes people remember the RGB self inflected disaster.

Fetterman is indeed on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which makes the parallel to Feinstein direct. It’s been without both of them for months. I’m annoyed at Schumer for putting him on there with health issues, plus I think only lawyers should be on the Judiciary Committee.
https://www.congress.gov/member/john-fetterman/F000479

Did you read your own link dumbass?

I did. His committees are
Finance [8]
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions [8]
Judiciary [6]
Commerce, Science, and Transportation [4]
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Unfortunately your link is wrong. It conflicts with this: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/members

His link doesn’t even say what he posted. He made it up.

[Anonymous]

Why do people want to work until they drop dead? I’m 43 and would quit TODAY if I didn’t need the money.

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Anonymous wrote:You ageist jerks! She needs to be allow the full amount of time to recover and then some.

I would feel exactly the same way if Jon Ossoff were screwing up the committee's business with an extended absence.

I’m the PP who revived this thread last week. There is an argument that this could be sexist/ageist because no Democrats were saying this about Fetterman who also took an extended absence from the judiciary committee, until he announced that he would be returning to work today. I still think she needs to go, though.

Or because Fetterman just got elected and his health was a major campaign issue. Dems would not look great doing a flip flop like that so soon after he entered the Senate.

Well his health was an issue during the election and the voters still elected him. He also is not on the judicial committee. The dems need to appoint judges now. Feinstein’s situation makes people remember the RGB self inflected disaster.

Fetterman is indeed on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which makes the parallel to Feinstein direct. It’s been without both of them for months. I’m annoyed at Schumer for putting him on there with health issues, plus I think only lawyers should be on the Judiciary Committee.
https://www.congress.gov/member/john-fetterman/F000479

Did you read your own link dumbass?

I did. His committees are
Finance [8]
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions [8]
Judiciary [6]
Commerce, Science, and Transportation [4]
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Unfortunately your link is wrong. It conflicts with this: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/members

That poster is listing the committees for bills that he is co-sponsored. The list isn't even complete, because they forgot to click down. Fetterman actually sits on TEN Senate Committees!! Quite impressive!

Senate Committee
Finance [8]
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions [8]
Judiciary [6]
Commerce, Science, and Transportation [4]
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry [3]
Foreign Relations [3]
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs [3]
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs [2]
Armed Services [1]
Rules and Administration