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No I believe of the seven it is mostly TDs.

O Cuív is 73, Durkan is 78 or 79, O"Dowd is 75 and O'Dea is 70 can't remember the others but Norris the only senator I can remember is 79.

The average age sort of shows one of the differences between how government functions between here and the States.

Wow, and it only took you over 1 month to respond. I suppose reality can only be denied for so long.

It's about the same standard being applied.

But now that you're bothered about a disrespectful title here, can we expect similar about 'depraved' abuse of Democrat politicians? I've heard some of them described as a 'walking corpse' which is infinitely more depraved than .exe has stopped working.

I won't hold my breath.

All these old farts need their pipe and slippers, this McConnell lad, Biden, Trump, time for falling asleep in their armchairs of an afternoon.

If only it was that benign though. Unfortunately though there are several people in US politics who are pretty much the walking dead and not just needing a pipe and slippers for a wee nap lol

It was pretty telling with how they reacted, clearly briefed or trained on what to do when it happens again. That alone should be reason to get him out of the spotlight.

They sure did.What choice do they (or anyone )have,though?

If his mind is sharp then maybe he can do the job(I think he is doing it badly in the first place )

It is squeamish to watch but perhaps for him not so much since he presumably knows what is happening whilst we do not.

I agree that the title of the thread is rather disrespectful(and that o'Connell too has been disrespectful over his career -even as we must allow that he at least acknowledged that the election result was fair unlike many others in his "party")

Quite depressing to see the spectacle at work. Term limits should definitely be an option.

The disadvantage with term limits is that it could potentially kick out of congress politicians who are still willing and able to go the job with a decent mandate from the public. I'm thinking of Bernie Sanders. Likewise with age limits. Saunders is the same age as McConnell.

I suppose normal people would realise their time is up but people like McConnell and Feinstein whose entire idea of self-worth is based on their power is never going to voluntarily give up that power. Senior figures in both parties need to tell them to go.

Rather than concern, I got some "I'm so sick of this ****" vibes from her reaction because this has probably happened many times in private. I doubt trying to chaperone an unhealthy geriatric through basic tasks is a turn she expected her career to take.

I'd go a step further, there should be upper age limit of at most 75 years where once you hit 75, you can finish your current term but can't run for election again. And for Supreme Court justices where there's no term limits, you're gone at 75 regardless (or better yet, bring in maximum terms for SC justices).

While I mostly agree, a big part of the reason why the Dems keep fighting for the status quo is because of the older Dem ranking members like Pelosi and Schumer, as well as other empty chairs who are there for the paycheck/donations/status. I think there are plenty of younger members, male and female, who along with new members who could come in once the old guard are gotten rid of, who could not just carry on the work Sanders does, but with more of them they could actually get more of it done.

I think they are afraid what or who's coming next, I thought the plan with Biden was eventually to stand aside for Harris, that doesn't seem to be happening at all , watching Biden in Florida yesterday shuffling rather than walking while trying to hide his hands

I think Biden would have been happy to step aside for Harris but he and the decision makers know she is very unpopular with the US general public and can't be trusted to beat whoever the GOP pick whether RDS, Haley or most likely Trump.

With the electoral college, Biden is their safest choice for 2024 oddly enough.

The biden team seen first hand how weak Harris was and they stupidly picked her to be VP, very poor long term thinking.

I'd be shocked if its not a Biden/Trump rematch, I suppose we could get a black swan event for either,,,but both? 😯

Unless biden has heath issues he will be the nominee, and i don't think Newsom is any more of a sure thing when it comes to the EC college. Its possible that nationally he could have similar issues that RDS has had with connecting with those outside his bubble.