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Would anybody here like to see Adam Schiff appointed to VP-elect Harris' Senate Seat? (Original Post) NNadir Nov 2020 OP
He has a lot of work to do in the House. meadowlander Nov 2020 #1
Schiff, Attorney General. Give him full independence to root out the last 4 years of Captain Zero Nov 2020 #37
Should be a woman Dream Girl Nov 2020 #2
+1 grobertj Nov 2020 #6
Or maybe the most qualified??? kwolf68 Nov 2020 #18
That goes with out saying. Dream Girl Nov 2020 #23
Katie Porter House of Roberts Nov 2020 #3
++++1000 RANDYWILDMAN Nov 2020 #17
didnt think of that. why yes that would be nice. bullimiami Nov 2020 #4
Congresswoman Karen Bass lisa58 Nov 2020 #5
I think we need him as HPSCI chair for one term with a cooperative executive branch RockRaven Nov 2020 #7
He would make a wonderful Senator leftieNanner Nov 2020 #8
No, Despite It Being A Fine Idea ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #9
I have thought of him as an excellent choice for speaker if Nancy steps down... NNadir Nov 2020 #24
Especially Porter ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #28
Yeah, that's amazing. When I lived in California Hermann Goering would have won an election... NNadir Nov 2020 #29
Swallwell, Katie Porter Pantagruel Nov 2020 #10
Yes, definitely. Most worthy and qualified. Sneederbunk Nov 2020 #11
Adam Schiff for AG. sop Nov 2020 #12
my answer was going to be NO... Chili Nov 2020 #16
sure llashram Nov 2020 #13
I like Katie Porter for Senate and Schiff for AG. ananda Nov 2020 #14
+1, uponit7771 Nov 2020 #21
+another Roisin Ni Fiachra Nov 2020 #31
+1 SheltieLover Nov 2020 #34
+4 Captain Zero Nov 2020 #39
But another thread, I read Schiff SheltieLover Nov 2020 #40
Why Not Speaker of the House? Under The Radar Nov 2020 #15
I think he's one of a few already being groomed xmas74 Nov 2020 #22
Not a bad idea. Xolodno Nov 2020 #19
I love him but that seat needs to go to a black woman. rogue emissary Nov 2020 #20
I Like Him Where He Is Me. Nov 2020 #25
AG Unless he wants something else. GemDigger Nov 2020 #26
He would be a great Attorney General. eom tarheelsunc Nov 2020 #27
NO. Replacing a WOC with a White Male Ignores The Party's Diversity Indykatie Nov 2020 #30
Well, I agree that women, including of course, those of color, have saved this country, for sure. NNadir Nov 2020 #33
Not my first choice shanti Nov 2020 #32
OK if his seat is a safe one treestar Nov 2020 #35
No. I want it to be a woman Rice4VP Nov 2020 #36
Cali has a lot of choice picks. Porter, Bass, Lieu blm Nov 2020 #38

meadowlander

(4,394 posts)
1. He has a lot of work to do in the House.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 06:05 PM
Nov 2020

Unless we win the Senate, it's going to be 2-4 more years of gridlock. We need Schiff where he can actually accomplish something.

Captain Zero

(6,805 posts)
37. Schiff, Attorney General. Give him full independence to root out the last 4 years of
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 06:55 PM
Nov 2020

Trump Executive Branch Corruption.
Let him repair counter-intelligence and Fascist proof it with new DOJ procedures.

 

Dream Girl

(5,111 posts)
23. That goes with out saying.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 06:18 PM
Nov 2020

Why would you even go their? Plenty of qualified women and men. That’s the first filter.

RockRaven

(14,959 posts)
7. I think we need him as HPSCI chair for one term with a cooperative executive branch
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 06:08 PM
Nov 2020

because there's a lot of shit which Trump was stonewalling them on. Stuff that really needs to be properly investigated and remedied.

I'd vote for him when DiFi's seat is next open though.

leftieNanner

(15,083 posts)
8. He would make a wonderful Senator
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 06:08 PM
Nov 2020

But I like him as Chair of the House Intelligence Committee. He has a lot of work to do starting in January.

Xavier Becerra - California AG - is another option.

ProfessorGAC

(65,001 posts)
9. No, Despite It Being A Fine Idea
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 06:08 PM
Nov 2020

I think he's a likely candidate to be the dems' next leader. If Nancy steps down as speaker, Adam is likely next SoH.
If he goes to the Senate, he is a rookie in the minority party. (Assuming Georgia doesn't go the way we hope.)
He's got more clout where he is.

NNadir

(33,513 posts)
24. I have thought of him as an excellent choice for speaker if Nancy steps down...
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 06:18 PM
Nov 2020

...but I also love his eloquence and sharp justice driven mind, coupled with some righteous and appropriate but controlled anger.

I just want to see more of him.

I have no dog to hunt in this, and really no right to comment, since I'm merely an ex-Californian. When I was there Randy Cunningham, who may or may not be in jail, was my Congressperson. Ick! I also lived there when Deukmejian and Wilson were Governors, and even, briefly, when Reagan was Governor. I had the pleasure of voting for Jerry Brown in his first Governorship.

I used to think of California as a very right wing state, especially when I lived in San Diego, and I'm very pleased that people like Schiff and Harris and Porter represent modern California. It gives me hope for other states.

ProfessorGAC

(65,001 posts)
28. Especially Porter
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 06:27 PM
Nov 2020

She flipped a red seat in freaking Orange County.
And she got reelected by over 7%, this week.

NNadir

(33,513 posts)
29. Yeah, that's amazing. When I lived in California Hermann Goering would have won an election...
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 06:30 PM
Nov 2020

...in Orange County. I tried never to get out of my car there, except to pee at the rest area on Interstate 5.

Chili

(1,725 posts)
16. my answer was going to be NO...
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 06:12 PM
Nov 2020

We need him in the House.

But as AG - hey now! I like that! Is he qualified?

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
40. But another thread, I read Schiff
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 07:06 PM
Nov 2020

Is being groomed for Speaker.

I just want a ferocious bulldog AG to investigate, prosecute & seize all traitors' assets. Every. Single. One.

Schiff has a brilliant legal mind!

Xolodno

(6,390 posts)
19. Not a bad idea.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 06:14 PM
Nov 2020

Recollect that he was interested in the Senate at one point. And I believe Newsom is eying DiFi's seat.

rogue emissary

(3,148 posts)
20. I love him but that seat needs to go to a black woman.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 06:14 PM
Nov 2020

With only two black men the Senate needs to be way more diverse.

Indykatie

(3,696 posts)
30. NO. Replacing a WOC with a White Male Ignores The Party's Diversity
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 06:37 PM
Nov 2020

I think we have enough White men in the Senate. Everyone talks about Black women being the backbone of the Dem party yet we are barely represented in higher political office or the Courts. If Feinstein retires Schiff can run for that seat if he's interested in being a Senator.

NNadir

(33,513 posts)
33. Well, I agree that women, including of course, those of color, have saved this country, for sure.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 06:44 PM
Nov 2020

Who in California do you see fitting the bill?

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