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In reply to the discussion: What would DUers think of "Senator Katie Porter"? [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)57. Hope you're right. Not just in case to avoid disaster
but because since she's there I won't give up hope she could be the person I once thought she might be. She's no clueless kid, though -- she's 48! What we've seen might well indicate the limits of her ability. Or be a stumbling beginning to a great career that ends with her being carried out 50 years later at 98.
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I would vote for Katie Porter to be queen of the world, so YES on a Porter Senate run!
LaMouffette
Nov 2022
#9
Unlike many (it seems) here on DU I love and respect Dianne Feinstein immensely.
Just A Box Of Rain
Nov 2022
#17
Assuming Feinstein serves until 2024/5 (the end of her term) the voters will decide
Just A Box Of Rain
Nov 2022
#29
this is a response to #17, above. Feinstein did file with the FEC to run in 2024
RockCreek
Nov 2022
#22
Porter is one of the smartest and most effective communicators for the Democratic Party.
Caliman73
Nov 2022
#27
You make a fair argument. It is possible that another heavyweight challenger may have emerged
Just A Box Of Rain
Nov 2022
#38
"Activists" in California's Democratic Central Committee gave De Leon the party's endorsement
Just A Box Of Rain
Nov 2022
#41
A counter-argument, and one that I align with, is that incumbents have institutional memory
Just A Box Of Rain
Nov 2022
#47
There was a highly unfortunate audio recording that was recently released
Just A Box Of Rain
Nov 2022
#39