Grassley looks out of it — confused, slurred speech. He has difficulty reading what his staff writes & puts in front of him. There isn’t a young conservative in Iowa to mount a primary challenge?
I'm pretty sure Ol' Chuckles is holding out long enough until he thinks his grandson, Pat (32, Iowa House since 2007) is established well enough to ride his coattails into a cushy, lifetime gig of his own.
I'm sure the last thing the Grassley clan wants to see is for someone else to step up and derail their gravy train.
He may look that way to you, but I guarantee he’s still impressive in person! He can rattle off obscure bill details from memory and is one of few elected officials who actually reads the text of the laws he votes on.
Patty Judge is a sacrificial lamb, and only the NYT doesn’t know it.