Feinstein could sway Roberts vote

[Rose Siding]

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On Monday morning, Roberts is to meet with Feinstein in her Senate office. The courtesy call, part of the White House charm campaign that now accompanies judicial nominations, will not be their first encounter.
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Feinstein, to be sure, is not exactly a full-time maverick. While she supported Roberts two years ago, so did five other Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee. She stuck with Democratic leaders in opposing high-profile judicial nominees like Patricia Owen, recently confirmed as an appellate judge after a long delay. She did not join the so-called "Gang of 14" senators who struck out on their own to negotiate an end to most judicial filibusters.

Taken as a whole, moreover, Feinstein's voting record tracks fairly closely to many of her fellow Democrats. She received a 100 percent voting score from the liberal Americans for Democratic Action last year, and a 78 percent rating from the American Civil Liberties Union.
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It's also easy to predict at least part of the role that Feinstein will play in any Judiciary Committee hearing. The only woman on the 19-member committee, and one of the few non-lawyers, she consistently presses nominees about the abortion rights guaranteed under the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/nation/story/13289587p-14131872c.html

[msongs]

feinstein is a part time democrat, unlike boxer. nt

[Warren Stupidity]

1. my enthusiasm for her is near zero

Perhaps she can get it together over the fact that Roberts will vote to overturn roe v wade, but I wouldn't count on it.

[whistle]

2. This may be what Feinstein has done in the past.....

..."...Feinstein's voting record tracks fairly closely to many of her fellow Democrats."

Let's hope her cross-over to the centrist moderate right will not have a major influence on who she votes with moving forward and also which voters put her in the Senate.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. "Rababababa! Rababababa!"

A famous quote from the Flintstones.

[Benhurst]

4. I was never a big Flintstones fan, but didn't Fred often say

"Rabba-rabba DO"? When it comes to Roberts, let's make it "Rabba-rabba DON'T!"

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. Lol.

I was thinking of another character, though.

[wli]

6. eh? isn't Feinstein an AEI/GOP mole?

I thought she'd been voting with them for a long time, not "her fellow Democrats." Or maybe they mean the DLC...

[autorank]

7. Expect nothing -- She voted for the Bush Tax Cuts, Iraq War

...and she voted for the Iraq war knowing full well that her husband faced the prospect of making tens of millions through his defense firm.

She is everything that's wrong with American politics and the Democratic party. Did she get the ADA 100% when she voted for the Bush tax cuts and Iraq war? Please, that's misleading.

She'll blow it. If she doesn't, I'll be happy to acknowledge my error.