I absolutely wish Ed Markey had not run for another term in the Senate. He's great, but he's 80, Massachusetts has a deep bench, and others can do this job. More to the point, Ayanna Pressley was ready to go. But Markey's ego got in...
democratic gerontocracy
The death of Doug LaMalfa broke the Democratic streak of 8 consecutive members of Congress to die in office, the longest streak on record. But there's enough ancient Dems who.
Back in the late 90s, I was active in progressive Tennessee politics for a couple of years, when I lived in Knoxville. It was the most active I've been in.
Susan Collins sucks. And yet it does not look like Democrats have any plan to defeat her except relying on Janet Mills to run--who is a mere 77 years old, making her the perfect candidate for the Democratic Gerontocracy. A bit young perhaps. After all,...
Thanks to the commenter who noted that the last EIGHT members of Congress to die in office are Democrats: Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia--age 75, cancer Rep. Raúl Grijalva of.
The Democrats and their love for the Olds has paid off big once again with the death of Gerry Connolly, who Pelosi and other senior Democrats went all-in to protect.
If we are going to talk about the gerontocracy sucking away the life of the Democratic Party, we can't just use it as a metaphor for "moderates we don't like." The fact of the matter is that the left wing of the party is just...
RAÚL GRIJALVA I have so much respect for Raul Grijalva, the outstanding legislator from Arizona. He was one of the greatest congressional progressives of the first quarter of this century..
Oh jesus christ........ Voters long believed that President Biden was too old to seek a second term. The issue torpedoed his campaign and saddled his vice president with an extraordinarily short political runway. But one month.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., center, speaks with committee members Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 22, 2013, during the committee's hearing on immigration reform. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) I with...