Feinstein on reelection bid: 'We will see'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 09/17/17 02:09 PM EDT

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Sunday declined to declare on air whether or not she will run for re-election in 2018.

“Well, we will see, won't we?” Feinstein replied when asked by CNN’s Dana Bash if she was up for serving another six years in the upper chamber.

The ranking member of the Judiciary Committee is 84 years old and has served in the Senate since 1992.

Should she choose to run, Feinstein will be one of 25 senators up for re-election in the 2018 midterms.

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Feinstein pushes back on Trump’s N. Korea policy

BY OLIVIA BEAVERS - 09/17/17 02:10 PM EDT

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) pushed back Sunday on President Trump's tough talk about squashing North Korea's nuclear missile program without open lines to have diplomatic dialogue, calling it the wrong approach to a grave issue.

"I don't believe it is [the right approach]," Feinstein said on CNN's "State of the Union."

The senior California recommended trying to get China onboard and serve as the linchpin that could help freeze Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and missile programs.

"I think that North Korea is not going to give up its [nuclear] program with nothing on the table. I think that what could happen is that we could have reliable verification of a freeze of both the nuclear program and the missile arsenal, and that we could conceivably talk China into supporting that kind of a freeze, because it would carry with it no regime change and no war," she told host Dana Bash. Feinstein expressed concern about the possible "recklessness" on behalf of the increasingly hostile state, pointing out its successful development of "powerful weapons" as well as room for improvement for the nation's missile defense systems.

"I am concerned about the safety of the United States. Our missile defense isn't perfect. It certainly leaves more to be desired. And it has to really be worked on to be improved. And we know that they can hit anywhere within the United States now," Feinstein continued.

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[RandySF]

2. I don't think she's going to run.

[Honeycombe8]

3. She's 84? She looks great. My guess is that she won't run....

unless there's no one who is a shoe-in to win, if she doesn't, and she is a shoe-in to win. She will only run to protect the seat, is my guess.

[JI7]

4. She won't run. And we will soon have a new generation in both Senate seats and governor

Harris is already there and newsom is likely to be next governor.

We have many good democrats in the state to run for feinsteins seat.

[broadcaster90210]

5. She's good, but we need better here.

We need another Kamal Harris.

[stevenleser]

6. She has more than earned either direction she chooses nt