Public fretting about 88-year-old Dianne Feinstein’s mental fitness seems designed to push her to resign. But it should take more than gossip to overrule voters, writes ed_kilgore
The senior senator from California. Photo: Stefani Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images Back in the day, I worked for a United States senator who decided to retire from office in his late 50s. He didn’t have to. He was a very safe bet for reelection and had plenty of seniority, clout, and prestige in the Senate. Nor was he greedy and anxious to take a lucrative gig in the private sector.
The “She’s losing it” talk has been going on for a while. Feinstein defended herself in a March 28 statement to the Chronicle, in which she referred to her husband’s recent illness and death — the sort of events that would affect anyone of any age. “The last year has been extremely painful and distracting for me, flying back and forth to visit my dying husband who passed just a few weeks ago,” she said.
But here’s the real rub: In 2018, Feinstein’s last reelection campaign, her age was a major issue. I personally voted against her twice because I thought it was time for her to hang it up. She had a perfectly capable Democratic opponent in then–state Senate Majority Leader Kevin de León, who won the endorsement of the state Democratic Party.
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