“If there is a cogent argument for why Feinstein should remain in office, I have yet to hear it.”
, raises serious doubts. San Francisco Chronicle columnist Emily Hoeven, another California journalist I hold in extremely high esteem,
that “recovery [from shingles] alone is not a reason for resignation,” adding that if questions about Feinstein’s mental acuity are undergirding their calls for her to resign, Khanna and others need to “come right out and say it.” . But here’s where I respectfully diverge from Hoeven: Just because Khanna is, for whatever reason, looking at Feinstein’s resignation narrowly through the lens of her shingles hospitalization, it doesn’t mean that we as journalists have to do the same. We are capable of examining all the available evidence regarding Feinstein’s ability to effectively serve the nation’s largest state, and of subsequently making our determination as to whether she should resign.
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