Gonsalez' resignation presents another opportunity for Dianne Feinstein to better serve the people of California. As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Feinstein will be a key vote early on on whether to recommend whomever Bush puts up to replace him.
Unfortunately, DiFi's track record on protecting California from Bush's judicial appointees is less than stellar. She supports them more often than not.
Because she was recently one of only 14 Democratic Senators who defected to expand the Attorney General's power to spy on the American people, she has a special duty here to ensure that the next AG is ethical and scrupulous.
Because I don't trust her powers of discernment, she needs to hear from her constituents. Let's stay on top of this, Californians. Please let Dianne Feinstein know what we're expecting of her right now. Call (202) 224-3841. Tell Feinstein's staff you want her to hold out for an ethical AG, no matter what.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Friday, August 24, 2007
Why do Californians like DiFi so much?
Today's California papers report on a field poll that shows we have soured on the new Congress. Democrats and decline-to-states are fed up with the failure of Speaker Pelosi and the new majority to even begin to get us out of Iraq. The poll shows plummeting approval ratings for the Congress. Yet, the same poll shows U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein's approval rating only "dipping slightly."
This really fries my ass. I mean I'm as disappointed in Nancita as anybody, she and the House deserve the disapproval of Californians, but what is it about DiFi that keeps her pretty much inoculated from blame?
The conventional wisdom has always been that she hugs the middle of California public opinion. She's pro life, she's pro death, she's pro business, she's pro environment. But her consistent support for the war, for Bush's judicial appointees (not all, but most), and most recently for expanding Gonzales' wire-tapping authority, are appallingly out of step with the California mainstream. She was one of only 14 Democrats in the Senate to vote for this recent expanded authority--fourteen!
Yet Californians direct their rage only at the new petite liberal in charge of the House. Can anyone enlighten me?
This really fries my ass. I mean I'm as disappointed in Nancita as anybody, she and the House deserve the disapproval of Californians, but what is it about DiFi that keeps her pretty much inoculated from blame?
The conventional wisdom has always been that she hugs the middle of California public opinion. She's pro life, she's pro death, she's pro business, she's pro environment. But her consistent support for the war, for Bush's judicial appointees (not all, but most), and most recently for expanding Gonzales' wire-tapping authority, are appallingly out of step with the California mainstream. She was one of only 14 Democrats in the Senate to vote for this recent expanded authority--fourteen!
Yet Californians direct their rage only at the new petite liberal in charge of the House. Can anyone enlighten me?
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