The Huntress
Say what you will about Diane Feinstein’s politics, no one can accuse her of not being feisty.
Ms. Feinstein is 76 years old and rumored to be considering leaving Capitol Hill to run for governor in 2010, a job she almost won two decades ago before quickly switching gears and winning a special election for Senate. Her possibly short time horizon when it comes to Washington may explain some of her recent feistiness.
This week, she bristled when Barack Obama picked fellow Californian Leon Panetta to be CIA director. She bluntly noted he lacked any intelligence experience and that she had not been consulted even though she chairs the Intelligence Committee. An irritated Senator Reid told Politico.com: “I think you need better reasons for coming out against somebody than somebody didn’t call you.”
Mr. Reid was also not happy that Ms. Feinstein, a key member of the Rules Committee, openly bucked the party line on whether Illinois Democrat Roland Burris should be seated despite the fact he was appointed by scandal-implicated Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Ms. Feinstein challenged the position of Democratic leaders who rejected Mr. Burris, saying their move called into question the validity of “gubernatorial appointments all over the country.”
Mr. Reid is clearly of another view. “It’s not valid, her statement,” he told Politico. “I told her that. OK?” Nonetheless, many observers expect Mr. Burris to be quietly seated in coming days.
Personally I think she would make a better candidate for governor than either of the two nimrods running Los Angeles or San Francisco (Ms. Feinstein’s old turf). I don’t agree with her on Panetta, but anybody who can give Harry Reid a migraine isn’t all bad.
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Completely divorced from reality, shrill, and Marxist to the core, but not a complete moron…
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I always kind of liked Feinstein (even though I disagree with her on a lot and have never voted for her). She comes across as having a lot of (or at least more) integrity than a lot of politicians, and unlike our other Senator, she’s not a complete moron.