The Democrats' aging crisis isn't just about Joe Biden, said in The Nation . Thanks to its insistence on keeping ailing political dinosaurs in office, "the Democratic Party is literally dying." The death of 75-year-old Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) last week robbed the party of its ranking member on the powerful House Oversight Committee—a position he was chosen for over 35-year-old Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) despite his recent esophageal cancer diagnosis. Connolly was the third House Democrat to die in 2025, which let House Republicans pass their Medicaid-gutting mega-bill despite two internal defections. Many other Democrats "didn't know when to quit," like California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who died in office in 2023 at the age of 90. Today, 11 of the 14 House representativ

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