U.S. Senate seats come with six-year terms, which makes it preferable to have almost any Democrat in them than a Republican, but I don’t think Mary Landrieu could have made any easier to say goodbye to her seat. Sure, the seat will be gone for more than half a decade, if not the rest of our lives. And, true, she still has some campaigning left in her to try to save herself.
But how can we not feel at least somewhat happy to see her go and someone else take over for her on energy issues?
