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  A lot of young progressive people live in California. Not an overall bad choice for the state.
context: DO IT!!! Katie Porter would be an amazing Senator. >
  
  Seconding this comment, love her >
  
  Thirding it! I love her too! >
  
  Ford it, Nevada approves! >
  
  Fif! >
  
  Feinstein should’ve been voted out after her Iraq war vote.  I’m disgusted she’s been re-elected so many times when there’s 1000 better progressives in CA.  Shameful. >
  
  We need term limits >
  
  Term limits maybe, age limits absolutely >
  
  Age limits, absolutely not.  Like I've mentioned every time this gets brought up, the majority of the elderly politicians serving right now are more mentally sharp and more wise than the people on this subreddit, myself included.  
  These are, for the most part, talented experienced people and putting a limit on something because the public thinks that mental decline hits everyone at the same time in the same way is foolish. >
  
  Lol no way, Feinstein is about as mentally sharp as a rubber mallet at this point. They have no real stake in the continued betterment of the world. Voting on things with global consequences when they've got maybe 5 years left to live? Don't these people have (great) grandchildren to spend time with? Don't they want to retire? Christ I'm not even 40 and I want to retire. We should not continue to abet these greed mongers that cling to power like old necromancers slowly turning to dust. >
  
  I wasn't speaking specifically about Feinstein.
  And as far as retirement goes, is it hard to believe that some lifelong civil servants enjoy what they do and are passionate about it? >
  
  Yes it's hard to believe that one would want to continue "serving" while coming up on their 95th birthday. Feinstein cited as the most egregious example.
  If there can be age minimums to hold office then why not an age maximum? >
  
  I also think age minimums are a poor idea. >
  
  Please, yes. She's one of my favorite politicians: smart, lots of integrity, and a pleasure to see asking questions in hearings. 
  And she has the sense to retire before she's a drooling husk of a person. >
  
  Absolutely!  What a breath of fresh air she would be >
  
  Only if her white board comes with. >
  
  This message approved by WHITE BOARD PAC which ironically Katie would probably oppose >
  
  Not if said PAC donated tons of whiteboards to schools in need! >
  
  I will vote for any D not named Feinstein. When she hugged it out with Lindsey after the Kavanaugh debacle that was it. >
  
  She’s been horrible since the 90s. >
  
  Way before that. She flew a confederate flag over SF city hall in 1984. Then once it was taken down by the public, she had it flown again. >
  
  Need proof. Looking it up myself, I find no such v credible story. >
  
  A little context:
  
  Full disclosure, it was one of 18 flags in front of City Hall used to symbolize the different stages of American history. After Bradley took the flag down, then Mayor Dianne Feinstein ordered the Confederate flag be flown again. She eventually changed her mind.
  
  You make it sound like it was the only flag flying and it was her idea. >
  
  "ordered the Confederate flag be flown again" sure sounds like her taking initiative, and the context doesn't really make it less of a horrible idea. >
  
  Her inheriting the flag flying in a group of them symbolizing American history and waffling on putting it back up (which she eventually decided against) is absolutely not as bad as her deciding to hoist a giant Confederate flag over city hall on her own. Which is what comes to mind the way it was originally phrased. >
  
  Well that's true, I didn't read that much into the original comment. What I said is that it's still obviously bad. And I'd particularly want to point out that the Confederacy is not a part of American history, as it's ideological descendants would like to frame it, but an enemy of America -- their flag belongs their no more than a Nazi flag. >
  
  This would be ideal. I hope she is my president someday. >
  
  porter for president >
  
  That might not want to be the slogan she goes with.
  Of course, it would do well in the South... >
  
  Might even steal some MAGA votes. >
  
  Not surprising Feinstein isn’t saying much, dementia will do that. >
  
  Does she even know she has to run or what her job is? >
  
  That would be a huge upgrade.  Diane probably doesn't know what day it is, let alone year. >
  
  She quite literally has dementia. She should have resigned decades ago. >
  
  If only that was a law to force dementia suffering politicians to retire our nation would probably be in much better shape having a couple less years of Reagan and just a handful of replaced senators. >
  
  God damn I love Katie Porter. >
  
  Diane has gotta go. She needs to hand off to the next generation. Maybe even the one below that. >
  
  This seems like a no-brainer move, to me. >
  
  You mean a Feinstein move? >
  
  I was firmly against this when she was my rep, but redistricting is dumb and I WANT SENATOR PORTER >
  
  i love Katie porter and would absolutely vote for her to be my senator
  but the only point i have against it is that Porters district is very competitive. 
  id rather see Schiff in his safe district go for it. rather than lose her seat >
  
  Same here. On the other hand it was incredibly disappointing to see the Dems not flip lean R/lean D seats like Garcia, Kim, Steel, and Valadao.  Had they won some combination of those seats I’d be a lot less reluctant to support a Porter Senate run. 
  Also, sad to think there was a time when Kevin De Leon could’ve been the heir apparent to Feinstein’s seat. >
  
  You can thank mediocre candidates put up by the Dems for the losses of some of those seats. Although Kim and Steel are going to be a challenge no matter who gets nominated. Those seats are in Republican areas. >
  
  Oh for sure. Chen, Mahmood, and 3-time loser Smith were weak candidates. I thought Salas had the best chance, but he too faltered. >
  
  I don’t understand how/why Smith keeps running for that seat. Democrats probably won’t win it until a strong Latino candidate enters the race. Although I can see Republicans being wiped out in California if Trump is the ‘24 nominee. >
  
  Does Garcia’s district really have no other Democrat? >
  
  Feinstein would make a great Cryptkeeper! >
  
  Katie Porter will definitely be a Senator from California one day, no doubt about it. >
  
  I’m can’t wait to vote for her! >
  
  Feinstein has been around so long, that she is basically a Republican from like 40 years ago!  That's how much politics have changed.  Time for her to retire and enjoy her storied career. There's a lot of senators who come and go and no one remembers their names, but Feinstein will live on in the zeitgeist forever.  Time to step aside. >
  
  Porter's got my vote. >
  
  Having her and Elizabeth Warren on the Senate Finance Committees will be like a full push on how to regulate the financial "industry". >
  
  Feinstein is staying mum because she probably doesn't even remember that she's currently a Senator >
  
  Feinstein isn’t so much a candidate as she is a franchise