{"id":1835322,"date":"2023-02-05T06:05:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T11:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1835322"},"modified":"2023-02-05T06:06:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T11:06:28","slug":"diane-feinstein-headed-towards-an-unceremonious-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/diane-feinstein-headed-towards-an-unceremonious-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Diane Feinstein Headed Towards an Unceremonious Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdiane-feinstein-headed-towards-an-unceremonious-exit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1835322&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">A<\/span> <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a> The political juggernaut appears on the verge of an unceremonious departure. <\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dianne-feinstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dianne Feinstein<\/a> (D) represented the Golden State in Washington, D.C. for 30 years. She was considered untouchable. Barbara Boxer and her became the first female senators from California after they were elected together in 1992. But time has not been kind to Feinstein, who, though she hasn\u2019t announced her retirement, has watched her party turn up the heat as they push her out the door. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/democrats-not-waiting-feinstein-california-senate-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DEMOCRATS ARE NOT WALKING FOR FEINSTEIN IN CALIFORNIA SENATE RACE<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod bless her,\u201d Garry South is a Democratic strategist from California <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/02\/04\/california-senate-2024-dianne-feinstein-00081166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telled<\/a><\/u> <i>Politico<\/i>. \u201cBut the most pathetic part of politics is when somebody doesn\u2019t know when it\u2019s time to leave.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" \/><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\" \/><source data-image-size=\"1060x600\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\" alt=\"Dianne Feinstein\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/100-10-8 1x, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/100-10-9 2x\" width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/100-10-8\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">\n FILE &#8211; Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) arrives at the Capitol in Washington for the Senate Democratic Caucus Leadership Election on December 8, 2022. Adam Schiff, a Democratic Representative, was the lead prosecutor in the first impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. He announced Thursday, January 26, 2023 that he will be running for the U.S. Senate seat currently being held by Dianne Feinstein. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite, File)<br \/>\n               <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">\n                J. Scott Applewhite\/AP\n               <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Feinstein is under attack <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/lawmakers-worried-dianne-feinsteins-mental-fitness-rapidly-deteriorating-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aren\u2019t new<\/a>. California Democratic Party, which was last up for reelection. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/california-democratic-party-declines-to-endorse-dianne-feinstein-for-re-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wouldn\u2019t endorse her.<\/a> It didn\u2019t matter, as the popular Democrat won almost 3 million votes in the primary and went on to beat Democratic challenger Kevin de Leon by roughly 1 million votes. <\/p>\n<p>Feinstein was a reliable Democratic vote in Senate and voted to imprison the then-President <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> In both of his impeachment trial, and supported President <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden\u2019s<\/a> Signature Inflation Reduction Acts and American Rescue Plan Acts. <\/p>\n<p>She was depicted as an anti-torture and anti-bush hero in 2019, <i>The Report<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p>But her liberal track record hasn\u2019t been enough to stem the tide pulling the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic Party<\/a>California and California in particular to the left. <\/p>\n<p>At 89 years old, Feinstein is the oldest senator and longest-serving. Ambitious Democrats, however, can see the potential for bloodshed in the political waters and are eager to capitalize on it. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s still the state\u2019s senior senator,\u201d According to a long-time Democratic strategist in California, the outlet was informed by him. \u201cAnd they\u2019re dancing on her [political] grave.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Katie Porter (D\u2013CA), a rising liberal star <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/katie-porter-launches-campaign-2024-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The contest was opened<\/a><\/u> for Feinstein\u2019s still-occupied seat days after the calendar flipped to January, saying the state needed a \u201cwarrior in the Senate.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Weeks later, Rep. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/adam-schiff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adam Schiff<\/a> (D-CA), also followed. After Speaker, Schiff was left feeling weak in the House. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kevin-mccarthy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin McCarthy<\/a> (R. CA) removed him from the prestigious House Intelligence Committee. But it was rumored that he had been thinking about making the jump prior to he collided the new Republican majority. <\/p>\n<p>Feinstein will have to contend with two motivated, energetic candidates if she is interested in running again. Not only does Feinstein have her age counting against her \u2014 Schiff is 62 and Porter is 49 \u2014 but her job approval rating has been in decline. <\/p>\n<p>A <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/escholarship.org\/uc\/item\/6374m866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeley IGS Poll<\/a> from roughly a year ago marked Feinstein\u2019s job approval rating at 30% \u2014 an all-time low for her. Another poll in October showed that Feinstein had regained support from voters but was still struggling with making most people happy. She received a 41% approval rating. <\/p>\n<p>At the same time her star is falling with voters, she\u2019s also struggling to get them to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/dianne-feinstein-campaign-meagre-campaign-chest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open their bank accounts<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Feinstein&#8217;s war chest is less than $10,000, and it has raised just $600 over the past three months. <\/p>\n<p>Porter and Schiff have $21 million each, while Porter has roughly $7.4 millions. <\/p>\n<p>The fact that some of Feinstein&#8217;s money is coming in may be an accident. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE WASHINGTON XAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>William Betts, Carlsbad, California resident, said <i>Politico <\/i>Some of the payments he made Feinstein were \u201cautomatic payments\u201d He would prefer that \u201ca younger candidate.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy preference is that she retires.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A California The political juggernaut appears on the verge of an unceremonious departure. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) represented the Golden State in Washington, D.C. for 30 years. She was considered untouchable. Barbara Boxer and her became the first female senators from California after they were elected together in 1992. But time has not been kind &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1835325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[17628,10945,9094,5439,17629],"class_list":["post-1835322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-diane","tag-exit","tag-feinstein","tag-headed","tag-unceremonious"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1835322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1835325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1835322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1835322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1835322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}