DiFi, however, should retire. All octogenarians should retire from Congress.

Not the SCOTUS, though! Vive le Ginsburg!

about the so called new blood idea.

It is a real bad idea, real bad, but they arent going to listen to us.

We need new blood.

As much as she gets to me, I think about the years it takes to have a position of power that she has.

that the GOP started. They pushed the idea that everyone should be voted out if they had served a long time.

What a waste. What a mistake for voters in his district.

Instead of voting for the candidate who best reflects your views, just vote for the incumbent no matter what they think or do because they have better committee assignments.

When deciding who to vote for, seniority should be one of the factors voters consider.

or changed with the next new shiny distraction. Plus, it already lost here two years ago.

Feinstein said herself that she was thinking of stepping away, but Clinton's loss made her reconsider. She was on all the committee's and saw some suspicious things she wanted to see through. I'm so glad she did. We need her on the Russia investigations.

What is so noticeable is that the people who don't want her to stay also don't care about Russia meddling. That seems to be the common thread from many, it seems. Certainly not all.

If another Democrat replaces Feinstein in the Senate, then every Democrat who's junior to her moves up one notch in seniority. The total influence of all the members of the Democratic caucus, taken together, remains the same.

the same arguments people are making against her -- basically that she's too old -- could be used against every other older Senator with experience. We need all that experience in the battle against DT.