RIP Dianne Feinstein

[HanSenSE]

Deserves her own topic outside all the political rammifications.
Senator Dianne Feinstein dies at 90, source confirms: Remembered as 'icon for women in politics' - ABC7 San Francisco (abc7news.com)

 

[CD Boogie]

RIP. As that story outlines, she has a helluva legacy, wow.

How’s this work now? Does Newsome get to name someone to fill out her term, right? I recall he said he would fill it with a Black woman. Terms ends next year.

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

Holy cow. What a legacy. I just hope that there is some decorum shown.
RIP.

 

[DanOregon]

Great figure in California politics - born oddly enough through tragedy, she never would have been elected Mayor of SF without the Moscone assassination. The last five years haven't been good for her legacy, for that I blame those close to her. But RIP.
Cronkite couldn't have announced this with more gravitas.

 

[maumann]

Not just a career politician but a lifetime one.

She was a fixture on the San Francisco board of supervisors long before she began to represent the state in Washington. The quintessential Bay Area liberal, even though she graduated from conservative Stanford and not radical Berkeley.

RIP. You never got my vote but you earned my respect.

 

[User 4332]

RIP. As that story outlines, she has a helluva legacy, wow.

How’s this work now? Does Newsome get to name someone to fill out her term, right? I recall he said he would fill it with a Black woman. Terms ends next year.

Newsom will appointment a replacement for the remainder of her term. He said a couple of weeks ago that he would appoint an interim, i.e. somebody not campaigning for the seat, given that the primary is already ramped up with a number of high profile Dems already in the race. Previously he had said if he gets another appointment, it would be a black woman.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom would make an 'interim' choice if Dianne Feinstein vacates her Senate seat

 

[HanSenSE]

Nationally, her legacy is in the Senate. But her work in San Francisco after the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk - a week after the Jonestown tragedy that left The City stunned - was amazing.

 

[MileHigh]

A California giant. I vaguely remember the Moscone and Milk assassinations but witnessed a lot of her work. Leaves a lasting legacy.

RIP.

 

[DanOregon]

If Newsom follows through with his pledge and appoints a black woman, but not Lee since she is seeking the seat - about the only option is Maxine Waters. Waters is 85, it would be a nice victory lap for a strong career - even though she plans to run again in '24.

But if I had to bet - it would be the Sec. of State, Shirley Weber, she's 75 - appointed to replace Padilla after Harris was elected Veep. - Weber was elected to a full term last year. Very distinguished career in academia and the legislature. Fun fact - born to sharecroppers in Hope, Arkansas.

 

[Slacker]

RIP to a tough senator in her prime who broke a lot of new ground for women. Stayed too long, of course, and that was sad to watch.

Meanwhile: Umm, hey, always good to have a ready-made obit in the can when someone old and prominent dies suddenly, but is it not a good idea to look it over at the crucial moment and, you know, maybe check and (gasp!) update the important stuff?

WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a vocal advocate of gun control measures who was known for trying to find common ground with Republicans during her three decades in the Senate, has died, her office confirmed on


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FRIDAY! Confirmed on FRIDAY!, ya numbnuts! Nice deadline work, NBC.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a trailblazer in U.S. politics
and the longest-serving woman in the Senate, dies at 90

 

[Azrael]

It was Feinstein who found Milk after White had shot him five times, and it was Feinstein who desperately tried to save him.

And then it was Feinstein who went out to meet the assembled press and then announced: “Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed.” Some gasped, some cried out. And Feinstein then added: “The suspect is Supervisor Dan White.”

To her rest.

A look at the life of Dianne Feinstein

“Feinstein is sometimes described as a centrist, but it is because her views are varied, not because they are mild; she thinks of herself, more accurately, as a pragmatist,” The New Yorker’s Connie Bruck wrote of her in 2015.

 

[HanSenSE]

Newsom put the cart before the horse by announcing the criteria for DiFi's successor. You need someone wise in the ways of Washington and just wants to keep the seat warm. So, Barbara Boxer, come on down!

 

[garrow]

 

[Starman]

Kamala Harris

 

[WriteThinking]

Newsom put the cart before the horse by announcing the criteria for DiFi's successor. You need someone wise in the ways of Washington and just wants to keep the seat warm. So, Barbara Boxer, come on down!

He really did. I don't understand the need that politicians seem to have lately for announcing, ahead of time, who/what type they're going to appoint for positions. all for the sake of political correctness, essentially. Why the need to lock themselves in beforehand? And what if circumstances or decisions change?

 

[maumann]

Trying not to be tactless, but California has nearly 40 million residents, many of whom are of voting age. Is it possible to choose a second senator alongside Alex Padilla who is relatively experienced but not a senior citizen?

Perhaps someone born after the A's and Giants moved west? Or even young enough to remember being home from school trying to watch the World Series when the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake hit? Somebody who grew up watching MTV?

Please. Stop trying to run the clock backward. One Nancy Pelosi is enough.

 

[Spartan Squad]

I'm betting it won't be Boxer. Nor will it be Harris (are you joking?)

But RIP to an icon. Her legacy is unmatched. Just a glorious person. I really wish she could have gone off on her own terms rather than the shell she was at the end. She will forever be an icon in California.

 

[ChrisLong]

If Newsom follows through with his pledge and appoints a black woman, but not Lee since she is seeking the seat - about the only option is Maxine Waters. Waters is 85, it would be a nice victory lap for a strong career - even though she plans to run again in '24.

But if I had to bet - it would be the Sec. of State, Shirley Weber, she's 75 - appointed to replace Padilla after Harris was elected Veep. - Weber was elected to a full term last year. Very distinguished career in academia and the legislature. Fun fact - born to sharecroppers in Hope, Arkansas.

My brother lives in Inglewood and Waters is his rep. He will debate you about her "qualifications" -- absolutely hates her. She doesn't live in Inglewood and her kids did not go to school in Inglewood.

 

[SixToe]

He really did. I don't understand the need that politicians seem to have lately for announcing, ahead of time, who/what type they're going to appoint for positions. all for the sake of political correctness, essentially. Why the need to lock themselves in beforehand? And what if circumstances or decisions change?

Merely virtue signaling to their base, whichever side it is, to score points. Nothing more than political bullcrap that perpetuates more of the same.


I appreciate wisdom of the elderly. I don't want Congress run by 30- and 40-year-olds with little to no context or life experiences. It's good to have a mix.

But I definitely wouldn't mind an age limit for the presidency, Senate and House members, and SCOTUS. What happened with Feinstein in the last year is abominable. Same for Thurmond, Byrd and all the others who stayed too long.

 

[MileHigh]

Trying not to be tactless, but California has nearly 40 million residents, many of whom are of voting age. Is it possible to choose a second senator alongside Alex Padilla who is relatively experienced but not a senior citizen?

Perhaps someone born after the A's and Giants moved west? Or even young enough to remember being home from school trying to watch the World Series when the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake hit? Somebody who grew up watching MTV?

Please. Stop trying to run the clock backward. One Nancy Pelosi is enough.

It's a placeholder until November 2024 and Newsom, rightly, doesn't want to put anyone who is campaigning now for the job into it now since it will be viewed as giving that person the power of incumbency they don't have.