I am not an enthusiastic supporter of my progressive U.S. Senator this year [View all]

[cali]

I agree with the majority of his positions. That's not the problem. This is:

He's been a U.S. Senator for 37 years, over half of his life. That's just too long. And it's not like there aren't a slew of good potential candidates.

Yes, of course I'll vote for him. Yes, of course he'll be handily re-elected. I'm not for term limits, but 37 years is just too long, and yes, I essentially felt the same way about Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd and I think it's ridiculous that Daniel Inouye has served in the Senate for 48 years and has already announced that he'll run again in 2016 when he'll be 92.