I'm for Barbara Lee. No offense to Laphonza Butler.

At 77 years of age, isn't Barbara Lee too old to be running for the Senate?

Donald Trump (77) and President Biden (80) are being scrutinized for being too old to run for public office.

No one over 75 should be serving in any capacity within the three branches of federal government.

Age limits should be established.

Age limits violate the law.

Setting age limits for an elected position in which all the physically demanding aspects of the job are pretty much delegated, and for which wisdom and perspective are desperately needed, is self-defeating. I did think Feinstein shouldn't have run at her age with her declining health, but then, even when she was infirm, her office was still the most responsive of any Congressional office, so...

Laphonza Butler was a pretty clever choice. She's eminently qualified, she could run but probably won't, because she's got so much else going on, so Newsom won't be putting a thumb on the scale for whomever he chooses because of the incumbent advantage.

I love Barbara Lee and when I lived in her district once upon a time, I happily voted for her. But she is one of 3 super-qualified candidates who are running, and I agree with Newsom, it's not really fair for the Governor to basically decide who wins in the spring because of the incumbent advantage.

That said, we need people like Butler working behind the scenes to save democracy. I'm hoping this doesn't create too big a hole to fill in advance of the 2024 Presidential race.

Age limits should be established. It's common sense. A cutoff age of 75 sounds reasonable. Cognitive difficulties are natural part of the aging process, and they will set in.

Race, gender and sexuality are irrelevant to me. I'm not a "box checker." Doing your job effectively is all that matters.

Newsom’s choice has to hastily move back to California in order to become one of the two Senators representing this entire state, then rush back to D.C. (She had apparently been living in Maryland). One wonders how well she will represent the state of California to the U.S. Congress.

I saw on the news tonight she wasn't registered to vote when she lived in California. If you can't be bothered to register, how interested are you in politics? Did she wake up one day and say, hey, maybe as a taxpayer this is important? If you don't care about politics, it's a free country. Do you belong in the Senate?

Nevermind that it's reverse discrimination to appoint someone to a seat in government based on their color ... I will support Katie Porter during the election. She is melanin-deprived but it's not her fault. Voters really need to look at a candidate's scorecard -- not their skin -- to make a wise choice.

Newsom in one fell swoop has managed to check three boxes. How wonderful for him! Won't that look good on his resume for presidential candidacy?

Politics is getting worse, no longer how good you might be for the job, instead it is how many boxes you check!

"At 77 years of age, isn't Barbara Lee too old to be running for the Senate?"

Let her run and the voters will decide.

When has Laphonza ever LIVED in California? She owns a house here — big deal. She says she is going to register here but will she even set foot in the state?

Could she even find San Jose, Eureka and Anaheim on an unmarked map of California? And this carpetbagger is going to be one of our U.S. Senators? Do you mean to tell me that there is no resident in the entire state of California who is just as qualified?

Apparently you only need to tick two boxes to be considered qualified by Newsom.