The worrier side of me wonders if these “retirements” are part of a plan.
I hear that, but I think the dems are basically acting out of chaos now. Rahm's strategy for getting dems elected in conservative districts the past couple of cycles was a plan. Obama's campaign was a plan. The Obamacare push was a (bad and failed) plan.
What the dems are going through now is reactive, and a desperate attempt to deal with huge pushback from the country.