The move would extend her 36-year House career and continue to freeze her would-be California successors in a long-standing holding pattern.
The move would extend her 36-year House career and continue to freeze her would-be California successors in a long-standing holding pattern.
I don’t really care much about her age. Sure, she’s old and should probably retire soon, but she’s been an effective representative and shows no signs of mental decline. I’m fine with her having one more term if she’s capable, and if she has to retire before completing it, a Democratic governor will appoint her replacement.
We’ve all had fairly recent object lessons that youth isn’t everything anyway, with the combination clown-and-shit-show on the right. I’d much rather have Pelosi stay than, say, George Santos or Lauren Boebert, and they’re both half her age.
The problem with your scenario is that she is in a democratic strong hold. A Boebert or Santos cannot possibly win but a younger, more progressive and truly representative candidate could win. She’s preventing that progress by holding onto power till they can’t weekend at Nancy’s her corpse anymore.