Just means more time he can suffer.
Oh, your always such an optimist!
Recent primary results suggest that the next generation of Dem voters are taking proactive steps towards a generational change in Congress.
As the survivor of one, it is often but not always fatal. Getting CPR within seconds makes a big difference.
Sure, there are those that do survive cardiac arrests. I’m just a little surprised that Mitch was able to survive his given his age and health.
I would be just as happy if he survived but comatose until January, making it harder to replace Alito should be resign after the election. There must be a time after which he cannot be replaced.
Maybe there are higher powers at work here. Loser gets stuck with him for eternity.
But not THAT Bernie, one must assume.
(Sanders, for non-Americans)
Nope, Weekend at Bernie’s the movie. Think it won a few Oscars 
Never saw either movie, but I understand the reference.
…as of now. Let’s see what song these candidates are singing in 20, 30 years if they make it to office today. But that IS how it’s supposed to work: the “term limit” is the coming of a new generation who wants something/someone else and campaigns effectively to outmatch establishment incumbency.
He’s either dead or a vegetable.
If he is a vegetable, are we going to get a reverse-Schiavo situation?
…often holding down emeritus positions in which they get to keep their offices and attend meetings, while doing little effective work. Or worse, declining into nuttery, promoting pseudoscience and quackery, an effect dubbed* “Emeritus Syndrome”. Example: emeritus oncology prof Angus Dalgleish, a hero to the anti-Covid vaccine crowd.
*by me.
Beshear says that McConnell’s office has still not shared any information with him:
Emeritus Professors don’t get paid tho…
Leave it to Moscow Mitch to be a sneaky bastard right up to the end.
While that certainly can happen, I don’t think it’s the norm. All of the emeriti I’ve known have continued to do high-quality work.
At least, not by the university. But then, that’s often true of non-retired professors, too. Most professors get paid primarily from the grants they apply for, and then the university takes a big chunk of that grant money. That’s why universities let professors keep their offices, status, journal access, etc. after they retire: Because professors are a huge income source for the university.
Or he’s having another one of those “episodes” where he goes catatonic.
This one has lasted a few weeks, but his staff is still there, waiting with bated breath, expecting him to stir at any moment.
I don’t want to hijack this thread, so let me just say, as a Professor for over 20 years at multiple research-intensive institutions (and with multiple years experience in higher-ed budgeting), depending on the institution this is at best an oversimplification, and at worst demonstrably untrue.
I will also say that for many years I thought as you did, and was very critical of many admin decisions because of it. It wasn’t until I was established enough to be assigned to high-level University budgeting committees that I was given the opportunity to see how the sausage was actually made. Not surprisingly, an institution with thousands of employees, a billion dollar-plus yearly budget, and hundreds of revenue streams has a complex finance landscape.