Dianne Feinstein and her husband are doing very well for themselves, while she serves in the Unites States Senate. Richard Blum, her husband, just got a no bid contract to sell billions of dollars of excess Post Office facilities. His defense contracts became so controversial Feinstein was forced to resign as Chair of a subcommittee overseeing defense contracts—including her husbands’. She was one of the leader to demand millions of Californians lose their health care coverage, then be forced to pay double or triple for inferior care.
Numerous California companies that donated to Obama—and Feinstein—got billions in grants and loans, then went bankrupt. She has been in the Senate for more than twenty years and made lots of friends—who then made lots of money. In 2018 she will be 80 years old—does she really want to defend the corruption and destruction around her? Of course she will retire, not run for re-election. My prediction is that after the 2014 elections, she will resign from the Senate—allowing the Guv to appoint a new generation Democrat to the seat—a Calderon generation Democrat?
Did Senator Dianne Feinstein hint at retirement?
Kitty Felde, KPCC, 11/21/13
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is the oldest sitting U.S. Senator.
It was an odd turn of phrase.
California’s senior Senator Dianne Feinstein had just voted with her Democratic colleagues Thursday to dump the filibuster for all presidential nominees except those for the U.S. Supreme Court. She was explaining her vote, telling reporters that the “frustration just overwhelms” Democrats like her who have watched numerous judicial nominees never get a floor vote.
Feinstein said she realized eliminating the filibuster could hurt Democrats should they end up back in the minority again. But she added she wants ”for the remainder of my five-plus years to get something done.”
The remainder of her five-plus years. Was California’s first elected female Senator publicly admitting she had no plans to run for re-election in 2018?
Feinstein has served in the Senate since 1992 and, at age 80, she is currently the oldest serving U.S. Senator. Time Magazine just named her one of the country’s most influential octogenarians. She serves as chair of the powerful Senate Intelligence Committee and has served two decades on the Senate Judiciary Committee. She championed the Desert Protection Act, setting aside seven million acres of California desert.
But Feinstein’s press office says not so fast. The Senator was just talking about the remaining five-plus years of this particular Senate term.
If Feinstein does decide to run for another six-year term, she will be 85-years-old when the election takes place.
Of course, in Senate terms, that’s comparatively young: South Carolina Republican Strom Thurmond served in the Senate past his 100th birthday.
