I just called Senator Feinstein's Office

to urge her to step forward and be a leader and announce her support for Senator Obama.

It is time to end Hillary's destructive madness.  

Hillary is playing the ultimate race card in an attempt to tout her own electability.  The sad result is that she is creating painful divisions that the Civil Rights movement sought to bridge. This is not what the Democratic Party is about!  Since she has only a Huckabee-esque route to the Democratic nomination, her end game must be to destroy Senator Obama's chances in order to enhance her chances in 2012.  This will lead to George Bush's third term in 2008 and will hurt down ballot candidates.

Senator Clinton is putting her future ahead of the future of the Democratic party.  She is creating rifts that may not have time to heal unless we get about it NOW.

Superdelegates like Senator Feinstein do not need to wait to hear from West Virginians or Kentuckians because of the math.  There is nothing those voters can tell Senator Feinstein that will change the mathematics.  Senator Clinton's continued racially polarized, negative campaigning can only dimish the chances of Democratic victory in November.

Why allow a train wreck to occur if it can be prevented?  A true leader sees an adverse outcome and takes the necessary steps to avoid it.  Are our leaders so fearful of the Clinton attack machine that they fear to do the right thing?  Do they fear being labeled a "Judas" by the Clintons and their attack dog surrogates?

If Democratic leaders, like Senator Feinstein, allow the madness to continue, we must hold them accountable.

As a voter and concerned Democrat, all I can do is call my elected leaders, hold them accountable, and look upon the shameful antics of the Clintons with hope that our real leaders will step forward to end the madness.

•  Feinstein said today she's sticking w/ Clinton nt

  by jimmyhoffa2222 on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:41:29 PM PDT

  •  Fuck...

    There is no leadership in this goddamn party.  They are just going to let Hillary tear it all fucking to hell.

    Sorry about the language - but this is only going to get worse.  In knew Feinstein was the spineless hack that she always was and always will be.

    by RichM on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:45:47 PM PDT

    •  I agree. They are all caring for themselves and

      not the democratic party.

      by jimmyhoffa2222 on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:48:27 PM PDT

      •  They are pols...

        with mini fiefdoms to protect.

        by mayan on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:49:16 PM PDT

    •  As much as I despise her decision

      she's "abiding by the will of the voters," isn't she.

      Us Obama supporters can't cite the "will of the voters" argument only when it nets us superdelegates for Obama.

      We nominated Clinton here in California, regrettably.  Hateful though it is, Feinstein has the best of all arguments for sticking with Clinton.

      by Loquatrix on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:52:55 PM PDT

      •  Yes but at some point, Hillary's tactics

        are so destructive to our Party that she forfeits any claim to the nomination.  Yes, California voted for Hillary, but at some point, a real leader will still say "Enough is enough.  I will not allow race baiting to destroy our Party.  It is not HER Party.  It is our Party."  

        by GingerG on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:57:25 PM PDT

        •  And that...

          ...IS the true rationale why superdelegates were conceptualized in the first place...to avoid exactly such a crisis.

          by malcolm on Thu May 08, 2008 at 03:00:38 PM PDT

        •  I don't disagree with you.

          I'm just pointing out a certain reality about the Feinstein situation which gives the California Senator political cover for her personal decision to stick with the Old Boys Network, of which she is comfortably part.

          Personally, I hope we'll be talking about a Primary challenge for Feinstein in due course.  She's anti-progressive all too often.

          by Loquatrix on Thu May 08, 2008 at 03:51:21 PM PDT

      •  The will of the US voters is Obama -nt-

        by discocarp on Thu May 08, 2008 at 03:08:14 PM PDT

•  Yep...it was a tease

  From TPM : Dianne Feinstein: I'm Sticking By Hillary

  by Vita Brevis on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:44:34 PM PDT

•  It's MI and Fl

  She has shown these supers that she can win this with MI and FL.  

  Obama better get a game plan, and fast.  She has convinced them this will work.  

  by 57andFemale on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:45:01 PM PDT

  •  She can't win even if MI and FL are seated

    at Obama's worst case scenario- he'd still be up by 30 delegates.

    by jimmyhoffa2222 on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:47:52 PM PDT

  •  Cue Earnest: "I don't think so!" nt

    by iconoclastic cat on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:48:32 PM PDT

  •  Is this snark?

    Because you had me going.

    Obama has a gameplan and it is working.  It's why he's the nominee.

    by The Distillery on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:51:15 PM PDT

•  Don't hold your breath waiting for Sen.Feinstein;

  she will be the last one standing for Clinton and the DC establishment.

  by LRT on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:45:27 PM PDT

  •  She's our Arlen Specter. nt

    by iconoclastic cat on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:49:01 PM PDT

    •  In bad drag. n/t

      by scrape on Thu May 08, 2008 at 03:45:43 PM PDT

  •  She and Paul Begala, who admitted as much

    today on CNN's The Situation Room.

    by 99 Percent Pure on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:55:13 PM PDT

•  I'm very disappointed in Feinstein

  What's the point at this point...

  by Steven R on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:46:32 PM PDT

  •  Have you ever really been proud of Feinstein?

    As a Californian, I've been consistently underwhelmed by Feinstein's courage and leadership on key issues and SCOTUS confirmations.

    I was all for primary-ing her ass last go around (2006). No challengers appeared. Now she's safe until 2012... and when someone like her is safe, their real DINO colors come shining through.

    Short of recall (which is possible under Calif. law), we're stuck with this sorry excuse for another 4 years.

    by scrape on Thu May 08, 2008 at 03:52:09 PM PDT

•  Maybe it's not a bad idea

  We don't know what the discussion was, and I do understand the loyalty. But maybe she's using this as leverage to keep Clinton on higher ground. I know...maybe I can pull gold out of my ass, but I am trying to look for a positive reason here.

  by Vita Brevis on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:53:43 PM PDT

•  Good luck with that. Personally, as one of her

  constituents who has written her about issues several times, I've never gotten even an auto-response from her.  Boxer I have but not her.

  by 99 Percent Pure on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:54:25 PM PDT

•  Thanks for calling her

  But Feinstein is sticking with the racist loser Hillary.

  by davidkc on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:56:02 PM PDT

•  Call her. I just did

  I just said that if Hillary Clinton has given Feinstein her "plan" for the nomination, Senator Feinstein ought to share it with her constiuents.

  Here's her D.C. number:

  Phone: [phone]
  Fax: [phone]

  They'll ask for your California zipcode.  I shouldn't have given my San Francisco one, because I think it marginalizes me with my senator, but what the hell.

  by ksh01 on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:56:30 PM PDT

  •  Yeah, remember she was Mayor of SF

    and showed no respect for her own constituents then.

    by scrape on Thu May 08, 2008 at 03:53:24 PM PDT

    •  Wasn't here then, but her disregard

      for us survives her tenure.

      by ksh01 on Thu May 08, 2008 at 05:40:43 PM PDT

•  I also called Feinstein's office ...

  ... to encourage the Senator to take a leadership role to end the primary before Clinton does any more damage.

  by marcirish on Thu May 08, 2008 at 03:01:40 PM PDT

•  what cracks me up is

  Around here anyone who supports her is either ignorant, racist, or is "afraid" of the Clintons.

  by sunshineonthebay on Thu May 08, 2008 at 03:36:05 PM PDT

  •  Or you're like Feinstein... DINO. n/t

    by scrape on Thu May 08, 2008 at 03:55:05 PM PDT