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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Dec 2020

      If the Democrats were a serious political party aiming at power (instead of a job program for insiders), they would think about how Feinstein's hug of Lindsey Graham hurt them with down ballot voters.pic.twitter.com/0sIaIIk884

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Dec 2020

      A serious political party that aims to govern always puts the interest of the party ahead of individuals: they retire the old and recruit the young. When a member doesn't serve the party, they get booted. Look at what the Tories did to Thatcher.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Dec 2020

          It's amazing to think that in the years when the GOP consolidated a super-majority in the Supreme Court through ruthless gaming of the system, the Democratic leader on judicial issues was someone who, for sake of her own health, should have retired.

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Dec 2020

          What is a political party? Is it a jobs program with seniority for long-time members? Or does it have a set of principles it seeks to advance, which can be served by retiring those too old to serve and actively recruiting the young?

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        4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Dec 2020

          Beyond this photograph, consider the fact that the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett was a big deal, that Feinstein's inept handlings of the hearings were so bad that Barrett's approval rose markedly. Consider how that impacted Senate races.pic.twitter.com/GvGZirya7e

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        1. yolo contendere‏ @HongPong 9 Dec 2020
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          and senior members can have a lot of useful advice about subject areas. but they should not be in operational charge and call the order of battle

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        2. Josh Marshall‏Verified account @joshtpm 9 Dec 2020
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          she was just booted

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Dec 2020
          Replying to @joshtpm

          A little late in the day.

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        1. Christo Aivalis  🌹 🍊‏Verified account @christoaivalis 9 Dec 2020
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          Meanwhile, Hoyer, Clyburn, and Pelosi are all in their 80s

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        1.  🇺🇦 Smedley Butler’s Ghost‏ @MacinEwa 9 Dec 2020
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          All true and correct

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        2. Benjamin Adams‏ @BenAdamsO_O 9 Dec 2020
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          Really a question of strong parties versus weak parties. Hard to have strong parties in the US when they have to cover such a broad ideological spectrum. So like everything else wrong with this country, it's largely a function of the two party system.

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        3. Andrew Staples‏ @AcStaples 9 Dec 2020
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          Not sure strong ideological core a required element for strong parties. Brokerage parties in Parliamentary systems (CDA - Conservatives + Liberals; UK - Labour and Conservatives; AU - Liberal and Labour) seem capable of this kind of rational calculation.

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