California Sen. Dianne Feinstein deserves to finish out her term. But with a strong field of potential successors, she shouldn't risk a humiliating defeat that would tarnish her legacy.
Don’t have much a life, do you?When Democrat Barbara Boxer announced her intention to retire after 2016, the biggest question was which new office Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris,Newsom, then lieutenant governor, opted to run for governor in 2018, clearing the way for Harris, the state attorney general, to seek the Senate seat against the hapless Rep. Loretta Sanchez.dismal political imageShe had twice run successfully for statewide office.
And even then Feinstein’s age came into play. There were doubts she would run again in 2018 and, given Harris’ perceived advantages, most potential rivals decided it was better to wait and see rather than take the front-runner on.Uh... Given California’s political coloration, the state’s next U.S. senator will surely be one of the Democrats running. And from a substantive standpoint, there is no dramatic separation between the candidates on most of the major issues they would face in office. You can be certain, if elected, each would vote the same more than 9 times out of 10.
So the next year of campaigning — and longer if fellow Democrats emerge from the top-two primary — will be devoted to turningYou can expect a lot of negativity as the candidates and their supporters focus on style, the contestants’ personal backgrounds and such fine-grained distinctions as being a “warrior” vs. a “fighter” .
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