Sen. Dianne Feinstein was the kind of dedicated, workaholic, straight-talking public servant we’d like all our elected officials to be.
Dianne Feinstein was the kind of dedicated, workaholic, straight-talking public servant we’d like all our elected officials to be.but willing to bend in compromise to accomplish something. She was principled but pragmatic, combative but civil — traits that have lost favor in today’s polarized politics.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein survived an assassination attempt and a mayoral recall to become the most popular politician in California for years running.One brief chat with Feinstein told me a lot about her. We both were standing at a book rack in the Sacramento airport after a 1990 gubernatorial campaign trip. She was looking for a book to read and relax.
“Trailblazer” has been the noun most often used to characterize Feinstein — a trailblazer for women. She was the first female mayor of San Francisco. Feinstein was the best California senator in history, in my view. That’s not solely because of her longevity. It’s because of the power she accumulated, her legislative effectiveness and overall body of work.She battled the CIA and the intelligence community for years to expose the un-American torture of terrorist suspects.
“Look,” he told the girl. “That’s what you don’t want to grow up to be like.” In the warped mind of this father, a female United States senator was not a fitting role model for his daughter.
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