I'm more astonished that California Democrats are given a once in several decades opportunity to select someone as progressive as they want for that seat, and they pick Adam Schiff?
1. This CA Dems we're talking about, outside of a few college towns and Barbara Lee's district, calling these guys progressive is a stretch.
2. It's not "once in several decades" anymore, it's literally any election now until the GOP get their act together.
Adam Schiff is 63, Alex Padilla is 50. It's going to be a long, long, wait until another open seat arises in California.
64 is really quite old for a freshman Senator.
It is, but he could still easily have at least two terms left in him, if not three or even four.