News: A confused Dianne Feinstein tried to give a speech in the middle of a Senate hearing vote and was told to 'just say aye' instead ( www.businessinsider.com )

givesomefucks , 11 months ago

The reason national party leadership keeps propping her up, is because the vast amount of people leading the party is also too old to be in office, or will be before their next term is over.

It’s like wondering why cops never turn on the “bad apples” there’s an unspoken agreement that everyone has everyone’s back. Unless theyre progressive and/or a rising star like Franklin, then their treated worse than republicans because they’re a bigger threat to party leaders who occupy seats that will never go republican

joe , 11 months ago

No, it’s because she’s the deciding vote on the judiciary committee and is needed to confirm judges. I’m not saying it like that’s much better, but it’s not because they’re a bunch of old folks looking out for each other.

CapgrasDelusion , 11 months ago

This is the answer. She doesn't just get replaced instantaneously and she absolutely doesn't get her committee positions filled quickly, if at all. She took things too far to turn back. The GOP will stall any committee replacement for Feinstein. It's already too late. At this point, pulling a Weekend at Bernie's is unfortunately the preferable solution.

https://rollcall.com/2023/04/17/replacing-feinstein-can-be-complicated-senate-history-shows/

Brkdncr , 11 months ago

i think there's a state-level issue going on too. the gov would need to appoint someone and i don't know that's something he wants to do right now.