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  Feinstein is a FUCKING DINO.
  Love,
  A socially liberal, fiscally responsible libertarian.  God bless the progressives!
context: DO IT!!! Katie Porter would be an amazing Senator. >
  
  My main concern is no one else can win Orange County for the dems. >
  
  I got redistricted away from her and now I have a Republican rep, so I definitely don't have any representation. Katie Porter actually listened to complaints and raised issues from them. Republicans are beholden only to their donors. >
  
  That is a great compliment to her & I’m not surprised!  One can tell how conscientious and hard working she is! >
  
  I like Katie, but this is nothing that is being offered to her she and other CA reps are out raising money, lining up donors, and judging interest in her candidacy. 
  Adam Schiff and others are doing the same thing
  I really hate this about our system soon wellhave Reps and Senators who should be doing.their job but their job just became planntheir campaign. >
  
  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. >
  
  Gtfo Feinstein, I would vote Porter instantaneously in a primary. >
  
  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. >
  
  Name recognition goes a long way. >
  
  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? >
  
  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! >
  
  This would be ideal. I hope she is my president someday. >
  
  porter for president >
  
  K-K-K-Katie !!! >
  
  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? >
  
  Porter's got my vote. >
  
  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. >
  
  Feinstein isn’t so much a candidate as she is a franchise >
  
  I really wish we would upgrade to Katie Porter. She's awesome and as much as Feinstein did it's time to relax and enjoy the last few years >
  
  Feinstein is staying mum because she probably doesn't even remember that she's currently a Senator >
  
  Oh hell yes. Would even move to California to help. >
  
  Please. Katie Porter would be awesome. She understands policy and how to hold heat on bullshit and would be great on committees. >
  
  please! >
  
  That sounds good! Katie is an awesome fighter for Americans. >
  
  A lot of young progressive people live in California. Not an overall bad choice for the state. >
  
  Do it, Katie! We love you! >
  
  I greatly admire her, she is very intelligent. >
  
  Katie Porter replacing Feinstein would be a huge upgrade. >
  
  Feinstein lost me when the video of her being shitty to the little kids concerned about climate change came out. >
  
  Tact is one of the first things to go when you have dementia, along with emotional regulation. Unfiltered emotional outbursts are to be expected. >
  
  Expected not accepted by a politician towards children, sorry. >
  
  Oh I agree 100%, I was not in any way trying to say that we should excuse the octogenarian Senator with dementia who should have retired 10 years ago at the latest. Quite the opposite, actually. I was pointing to this incident as evidence of the cognitive decline that should disqualify her from holding office. >
  
  She would be such a great senator.  Damn, I'd love this. >
  
  Having her and Elizabeth Warren on the Senate Finance Committees will be like a full push on how to regulate the financial "industry". >
  
  She would do amazing >
  
  I love Katie, Republicans hate her especially Jordan. Not afraid to speak her mind and tear the throats out of any Republican in a debate. Bring on the white board Katie and Ruffle Republican feathers. >
  
  She's got my vote.  If she does a Sinema and goes indy, I'll make sure to get people I know to also vote for her!  The California inside baseball political machine is getting stale and needs a refresh. >
  
  That will never happen.  CA has a jungle primary and it will likely be two dems facing each other.  And Feinstein would not finish first in the primary if she ran, which she won't. >
  
  I'm pretty sure Feinstein has already said she won't run, though it's anyone's guess whether she remembers saying it. >
  
  I recently told my son (a poli sci major like me) that I thought Feinstein should retire and Newsome should appoint Katie Porter. >
  
  Well, good thing it's not up to you. Unless Feinstein finishes out her term, someone will be appointed. I'd rather it be Katie Porter than anyone else. She'd serve out the term and then run for her own. That's how it works if someone steps aside early. But thanks for mansplaining the process if one retires after finishing out their term. I just don't know what little ol' me would have done if a big smart guy hadn't come along and enlightened me. >
  
  JFC. You can't really be this dumb?  If (the appointed person) retires/quits/dies, their replacement is appointed by their governor to finish out the term. No harm no foul in California, where a Democratic governor is going to appoint a Democrat. (To replace a Democrat). It's a non issue for me, since I'm not a California voter. But I'd vote for her if I was a resident. You can hate the system all you want. You can also piss up a rope. Fight to change it if you don't like it. But stop mansplaining something you clearly know fuck all about. >
  
  WTF are you even babbling about?  What I explained to you is how it fucking works in California. Do you need a link, Mr. "I have letters after my name." >
  
  Porter is good. Schiff is good. CA has a deep bench. >
  
  Oh hell yeah. >
  
  Feinstein is senile and has dementia. She needs to step aside and spend the last remaining years doing something else. >
  
  She’s good people. I like how she deploys simple charts and graphs that even conservatives can understand. >
  
  Did you know she’s racist to her staffers? link >
  
  Not trying to be a jerk but a Twitter post as a citation doesn’t do much to move the ol’ opinion needle for me. >
  
  Fake news I take it? Damn sounds like something a trump person would say >
  
  Uh no, nothing that ignorant but a twitter post that draws its conclusions from a patchwork of anecdotal commentary from anonymous sources I find suspect. >
  
  I would be thrilled to vote for her. >
  
  Porter is a truly incredible person to have working in the government. I hope she wins her race, she’s a total bad ass >
  
  Please!! >
  
  Would vote for her all day errryday >
  
  Damn! Barbara Lee or Katie Porter. Either would be the most progressive senator we've ever had in CA. But Lee is my choice. Her record is mindblowing. >
  
  As soon as she announces I'm setting up a recurring monthly donation. Corporate America will move heaven and earth to stop her bid. Corporate Dems will stop at nothing to oppose her. We need another Bernie-caliber advocate for the middle class in the Senate as he's not getting any younger. >
  
  
  That may not be quick enough for what could turn into a vicious succession race among Democrats. California Democratic Reps. Barbara Lee and Adam Schiff are also among the slate of Democrats eyeing the Senate seat, which Feinstein first won in 1992.
  
  Hard pass on either of those two.  We need the Whiteboard of Justice in the Senate >
  
  I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say you're not from California.  Porter and Schiff would both also be great senators, but if Lee runs, she'll win.  Barbara Lee is a fucking legend in CA. >
  
  Barbara Lee was the only dissenting vote on the AUMF that came in the days after 9/11. She got so much shit for that vote at the time, but she saw that it was far overreaching and open-ended. Her foresight was spot on. The AUMF was the legal justification for everything we did in the Middle East for the next 20 years. >
  
  She was also a strong voice against austerity measures during the Great Recession, when even Obama was co-opting right wing bullshit like “the government is like a household.” 
  I am floored that folks in this thread are ready to cast her as some garden variety corporatist. >
  
  Line her up for leadership in the house. Send someone from a safe district for Senate. >
  
  Sadly, Senate seniority rewards California if Feinstein stays. So if she chooses to run, she might win. But I've been reading that people are seriously concerned about Feinstein's short term memory. And Porter would be so good. >
  
  She's 89, when her seat comes up she'll be 91, which would make her 97 by the end of the following Senate term. I don't know how anyone could put themselves through that.
  Nobody can say she hasn't done her fair share of the work and is now deserving of a rest. It's better to end on your own terms than to commit to another term that could well be the death of you. >
  
  Yeah at 91 I don't really care what her terms are.  She needs to retire for the good of her constituency and the rest of the country >
  
  And for her own good. Travelling the length of the country on a regular basis and working lots of late nights and weekend is going to take a toll on even a young and healthy person.