The Occasional Observer

and it does not make me gleeful.

While Sen. Feinstein is one of the most liberal members of her caucus, she has also proven to be one of the classier and more reasonable, as well. I remember the Alito hearings, when she refused to continue the scurrilous smear tactics that Leahy, Biden, and Teddy K had been using.

However, there is the potential that she was involved in steering contracts for the potential enrichment of her (already very rich) husband, and that would be sad for her, and the Senate. We don't need more bad leadership in Washington, from either side of the aisle.