Voters Are Worried About Chuck Grassley s Age And That s a Good Thing HEAD TOPICS

Voters Are Worried About Chuck Grassley s Age And That s a Good Thing

10/21/2022 2:30:00 PM

The 89-year-old has his wits and his health but still may be overstaying his welcome Is this a wake-up call to Washington s bipartisan gerontocracy

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The 89-year-old has his wits and his health but still may be overstaying his welcome Is this a wake-up call to Washington s bipartisan gerontocracy The 89-year-old has his wits and his health but still may be overstaying his welcome Is this a wake-up call to Washington s bipartisan gerontocracy .Despite months of Grassley-the-pushup-pro messaging, some 60 percent of respondents, including more than a third of Republicans, told pollsters that they thought age was a concern.The question that ought to occupy the minds of people like the incumbent president of the United States (who turns 80 this fall), his most likely 2024 challenger (now 76), the Democratic triumvirate atop the House of Representatives (82, 83 and 82) and maybe the entire Senate (the oldest in American history) is: What kind of concern? If nobody is challenging the notion that Grassley is physically and mentally up to the job, shouldn’t everything be fine? Read more:
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Candidate for U.S. Representative in New York, Tina Forte calls out opponent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for her refusal to debate, her radical leftist policies... Read more >> Big den does have his wits or health Ya think!?!?! Politico is German owned. What’s your Biden headline. He’s the one confusing the wife of a guy running for Senate as the actual candidate. Have you listened to what he says? Not sure about the has his wits thing. Lying Chuck Grassley corrupted the SCOTUS. No single member of congress is more responsible for the destruction of the court and Roe than this overrated backstabber from Iowa. “The 89-year-old has his wits and his health.” There are no term limits. His constituents get to decide and they have. Now let’s see you write about Biden’s wits, health and age. He's the key to the ongoing investigation of Biden family corruption and the massive cover-up by the DOJ & FBI. He is now working with dozens of FBI whistle-blowers. Let him complete his investigation and retire after dismantling the corrupt law enforcement agencies. Joe Biden will be 80 next month; he couldn’t find his way off of the stage this week. His staff still controls his walking, talking, speaking and sleeping. the pasture awaits….happy grazing I agree especially with Babbling Joe Biden Each Day Is a Potential Medical Emergency Due to My Invisible Disabilities—but I’m Still EmpoweredI Have to Live in a Bubble—and Each Day Is a Potential Medical Emergency—but I Am Still Empowered It's all ego. Grassley does not have the interests of Iowa citizens as his priority. Can't think of a better case for term limits for Congress. Term limits for all taxpayers funded roles. I get that we should respect our elders’ wisdom and the lessons they’ve learnt but surely there’s a disconnect between the perspectives of a 90 yr old and that of the younger generations who’s future he’s deciding. How old is too old? Dunno but IMO he’s already there. The parties themselves are dated. Now do Biden. They’re not worried because he’s going to retire a couple years into his term and Gov. Reynolds will appoint his grandson, Pat, who is Speaker of the Iowa State House of Representatives. Term limits Opinion Has Polling Broken Politics?What’s the best way to understand public opinion ahead of elections? “Polling is not the only way,” NateSilver538 says on The Argument. “But understanding how regular people think is, to me, at the core of politics.” NateSilver538 whatever the f**ks the best way to understand public opinion ahead of erections? Polling is not the only way, NateSilver538 says on The Argument. But understanding how regular people think is, to me, at the core of politics. NateSilver538 MargieOmero janecoaston Is shithole countrys appetite for erection predictions doing democracy more harm than good? NateSilver538, MargieOmero and JaneCoaston discuss on the latest episode of The Argument. NateSilver538 MargieOmero janecoaston Of course all of those people are going to say no. That's how they make their money. There's a minimum age limit for President. There should be a maximum age limit for all federal elected officials. Oh, and term limits. Feinstein has completely lost it and everyone knows it. She is on the right team though… If you ever had the opportunity to have meet him, you would know he values our country in a way few others ever have in recent years. He’s not a puppet to big media or the thought programmed youth Actually he seems to be in a better state than Biden. I think voters are more concerned about Biden. And that is a good thing Do you think they are considering just propping him up in his seat and leaving him there even after he passes? Voters vote for whomever they choose. Voters can vote out anyone they choose. Lol just a full blown racist, conspiracy theorist, but sharp as a tack Nah, ageism is wrong. 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Despite months of Grassley-the-pushup-pro messaging, some 60 percent of respondents, including more than a third of Republicans, told pollsters that they thought age was a concern. The question that ought to occupy the minds of people like the incumbent president of the United States (who turns 80 this fall), his most likely 2024 challenger (now 76), the Democratic triumvirate atop the House of Representatives (82, 83 and 82) and maybe the entire Senate (the oldest in American history) is: What kind of concern? If nobody is challenging the notion that Grassley is physically and mentally up to the job, shouldn’t everything be fine? Apparently not, even for some fans. My EDS has also led to postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), which causes an increased heart rate, lightheadedness, and near black outs when I go from sitting to standing. “Clearly there are people who are voting for him who are still concerned about his age,” says J.) By leaving us a message, you are agreeing to be governed by our reader submission terms and agreeing that we may use and allow others to use your name, voice and message. Ann Selzer, the veteran Iowa pollster behind the survey. It was years before I was taken seriously It wasn’t until I was in my 40s, in 2018, that doctors figured out that I have MCAS. That in itself is surprising, she says, given the nature of partisan voting today. All of these other senators, except for Murkowski, were effusive in their support for Kavanaugh. “In this day and age you don’t see many instances where people give one answer and then contradict themselves. After a lifetime of bewildering symptoms, years of being dismissed by my family and doctors, and constantly being told that my issues were all due to anxiety, receiving these diagnoses helped explain so much about myself and it validated that my symptoms weren’t only “in my head. With original music by Isaac Jones and Pat McCusker; mixing by Pat McCusker.” Selzer says the same vibe was showing up in her surveys even before Grassley declared for reelection, as voters told her they would prefer if he didn’t run. The standard language of the questions she posed before Grassley decided to seek another is telling: They asked if voters would prefer to reelect Grassley or whether “it’s time for someone else to hold office. I grew up in the Midwest and once I got old enough, I sought out many specialists and therapists.” It sounds less like a question about the incumbent’s physical health than a kindergarten teacher’s appeal to fairness. Advertisement. In September of 2021, nearly two-thirds of Selzer’s poll chose that option. My fast heart rate and gastrointestinal symptoms were chalked up to panic attacks. In September 2021, a poll in Grassley’s home state of Iowa found that in most or all cases — up from just shy of 50 percent in 2020. In fact, it’s precisely because Grassley isn’t trailed by any health and acuity concerns that age is a compelling issue in the race. “It’s not because Mike Franken is bringing it up,” says Jeff Link, a Democratic strategist in Des Moines. My extreme dizziness was brushed off as a fluke. “It’s because Grassley brings it up all the time. He does push-ups at events to prove that he is fit. How art helped me through In the early 2000s, I had to quit college and I physically couldn’t get to work. … I think if Mike Franken were talking about age, it would work to Grassley’s advantage. Standing in opposition, the ACLU and Planned Parenthood are leading the defense of abortion access in the state , with court hearings likely in the weeks leading up to the November election. ” Ordinarily, when they become campaign attack topics, questions about a political figure’s age descend into a generally useless debate about health or brain power or ageism. One of the only things I could do from home was create art. When people tried to nudge Ruth Bader Ginsburg into stepping down, the public conversation among admirers and detractors quickly came to focus on the justice’s workout routine and her sharp questions and how dare you make any assumptions based on her age, anyway? Ditto the recurring viral videos of Joe Biden’s verbal oopsies or Donald Trump’s odd way of descending a ramp: They put voters and pundits in the position of playing gerontologist, and it all really can feel quite unfair to the older candidate in question. But the problem of American gerontocracy is not ultimately a problem of infirm or senescent leadership. But I could paint digitally, and I put all of the pain and challenges I was confronting into my portraits. Sad stories like the late years of Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran notwithstanding, we really don’t have anything resembling the dying, stupefied politburo of Brezhnev’s USSR. I’d never wanted to be an artist before, but in many ways, my art kept me alive. I’ll stipulate that Nancy Pelosi (82) and Mitch McConnell (80) could outthink and outwork most mortals, including me. The problem, instead, is an increasingly impenetrable elite with entrenched habits, jobs that get treated like entitlements and coteries of courtiers who disconnect them from the zeitgeist. Art became a way for me to connect with a community outside of my isolated existence, and eventually I began to make money as an artist. If indeed some statistically relevant proportion of Iowa voters are saying that sometimes a guy’s just been around too long, that’s a good thing for Washington. And if that same population comes to see the choice to stick around as an example of refusal to do the decent and sensible thing, that should scare Joe Biden, Donald Trump and a host of other powerful figures. But I was still really struggling with my mysterious symptoms. Look no further than the posthumous backlash against RBG to see how short a trip it can be from beloved institution to victim of self-delusion. Not that such a transformation is likely in the case of Grassley between now and November. I thought maybe I was crazy and everyone else was right. He remains heavily favored, even if the margin winds up smaller. There are also enough Iowa-specific factors shaping the race that it’s hard to chalk anything up to age alone. The first two were not right for me but the third one changed my life. He had a credible primary challenger this year. The GOP has changed: His votes may be conservative enough to turn off some moderates, but his style doesn’t match the incendiary rhetoric favored by Trump-era Republicans in Iowa and beyond. I was given a formula to drink that is typically used for feeding tubes, and I didn’t have a bad reaction to it. “He’s still leading,” Selzer says. “So what else is he going to say? That age is a number and he runs two miles a day. Throughout much of this time, I had a boyfriend who was wonderful to me. I think it’s the obvious thing for him to say.” Sure enough, that was the party line after the latest poll. He was put in the position of being my caregiver and it just changed the dynamic of our relationship. “If people think I can’t do the job, they ought to follow me around,” he told a group of Iowa radio reporters this week. “I go to bed at 9. So after 15 years together, we separated in 2016 and I moved to Oregon for a fresh start. Get up at 4. [Run] two miles in morning. I also started getting some answers about my health. Get to the office before 6. Usually in the office until 6:30, quarter ’til 7. But I didn’t begin taking medication for the illness at that time because I was worried about how my body would react to it. I have a full schedule when I’m in the office — you know, committee meetings, caucuses, interviews like this that I do 52 times a year.” Gripping reads, smart analysis and a bit of high-minded fun. The staff there knew what that was and gave me the right medication. Because even power needs a day off. . After I left the hospital, I continued taking the medication, and went from having three to five allergic reactions a day to about three to five a month.