In fact, if you feel that your party is on the right track and should keep going in the same direction in the incredibly unlikely event you DON’T actually live forever, that would have been the SMART move And that way you can also PASS ON THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE
Name me one staff member on any representative or senator's staff, ever, in history, whose name you knew prior to the retirement of that politician.
You are just restating the issue.
No, I'm not. I'm pointing out that saying Nadler is a "monster" for not doing what *no ethical politician does* is ridiculous.
I'm also frankly skeptical of anyone who calls Jewish politician "power-hungry monsters" in response to news that they're stepping aside.
Aside from that, I genuinely find it problematic when politicians try to anoint successors instead of letting the political process work. What you're describing is cronyism, and New York has had quite enough of that.