After his disastrous nursing home policy led to COVID-19 killing more than 10,000 nursing home residents, New York Attorney General Letitia James found that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed at least 11 women in violation of state and federal law. California Gov. Gavin Newsom faces a recall election next month, with the polls narrowing his fate to a dead heat. Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has resorted to calling this reporter a “right-wing wingnut” after Washington Examiner reports showed her violating the indoor mask mandate she imposed on her city.

And yet, odds are that all three of these politicians will remain in office by the year’s end. This isn’t just a moral failure. It’s a strategic one because, thanks to overwhelming Democratic supermajorities, they would all be replaced by fellow left-wing Democrats.