Brazile urges Holmes-Norton not to run for re-election: 'We need a new champion'

[TheProle]

Veteran Democratic strategist Donna Brazile on Monday urged Rep. Eleanor Holmes-Norton (D-D.C.), the oldest member of the House, not to run for re-election.

“D.C. is under attack as at no other time in recent history, and we need a new champion to defend us,” Brazile, Holmes-Norton’s first campaign manager and former chief of staff, wrote in an op-ed for The Washington Post.

The political pundit argued the congresswoman’s vibrant energy has faded.

“She is no longer the dynamo she once was, at a time when D.C. needs the kind of energetic representation in Congress she provided for decades,” Brazile wrote.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5506095-brazile-holmes-norton-reelection/

[harumph]

1. Unfortunately, she may be too far gone to hear sense.

That's frequently a problem with dementia patients. It's a running joke with my kids - just take me to the East Rim of the Grand Canyon at sunset and let me take in the air.

[LeftInTX]

2. She's a non-voting member. She has a voice, but that's it.

[mahina]

3. Is she really in dementia?

I remember her as a lion.