I wish my liberal Senator wasn't running in 2016.

[cali]

Not because he's 74 but because he's been in the Senate for over half his life. Yes, it's been a distinguished career overall, and yeah, he has a shitload of seniority- as in the most senior senator, but 40+ years is enough. I'm not for term limits; he has every right to run, but it's time for someone new and younger. There is no chance that a republican will win a senate seat- there isn't even a viable republican to run.

We have a deep liberal/Progressive bench here. I'm hoping this guy will challenge him:

http://www.progressiveparty.org/senator-david-zuckerman-hinesburg

(and yes, he'd run as democrat, just as he did for the state senate)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Zuckerman_%28politician%29

[vt_native]

1. Plus,

His pro F-35 boosterism is a stain on his record.

[cali]

2. that's a stain on the vast majority of vermont pols

also, I don't know where he stands on the TPA. I fear he'll vote for it and then vote against the TPP, but I think if the TPA passes, the TPP will be inevitable.

[Agschmid]

3. I really liked Zuckerman when I worked with him, but as a now non-Vermonter...

I like having Leahy in the Senate, his seniority is important to the party.

But I understand where you are coming from.

Now Kesha Ram I'd be all for... Except she has a long way to go.

[cali]

4. Hey, cool, when did you work with him?

I don't know why his seniority is important to the party, particularly with dems in the minority (and no, I don't see them taking back the majority, alas, in 2016; particularly now that Reid is resigning)

[Agschmid]

5. My college days, I was active in the community especially in the hill section.