An extreme awkwardness has fallen over California political circles, where virtually everyone is acting as if Sen. Dianne Feinstein is done, but without her explicitly saying so
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the longest-serving Democrat in the Senate, is in the midst of one of the most uneasy codas to a political career. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesLOS ANGELES — Several of her House colleagues are already running for her Senate seat. She isn’t raising real money. And it’s so widely assumed that Sen., the former House speaker, felt free this week to publicly endorse a would-be successor — if Feinstein retires.
“God bless her,” said Garry South, a Democratic strategist who has worked on major statewide campaigns in California. “But the most pathetic part of politics is when somebody doesn’t know when it’s time to leave.”Feinstein, the longest-serving Democrat in the Senate, is in the midst of one of the most uneasy codas to a political career. Her extended pre-departure has, for many of her fellow Democrats, turned into an abject lesson in the perils of hanging on.
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