Today, we live in a new Cold War, between our state and our nation, that the late senator tried to prevent.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein played many roles in 50 years in politics, but her most important job was unofficial: She was California’s ambassador to the American government.It’s the severing of a crucial link holding California and the United States together.
Over Feinstein’s 30-year tenure in the Senate, the Golden State became a more progressive and democratic place, even as much of America turned inward, into conservative populism and right-wing nationalism. To reconcile her California and American loyalties, she served as a human bridge between two shores moving away from each other. How did she manage that? Two answers: stubbornness and brains. She embodied F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famous observation: “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.”
Feinstein also employed her diplomatic skills to keep the fractious Democratic coalition — which included California’s all-too-few allies — together. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton met at her home to reconcile after the 2008 primaries. In 2018, the California Democratic Party, tired of Feinstein’s diplomacy, endorsed her combative opponent, Kevin de León. “California Democrats are hungry for new leadership that will fight for California values from the front lines, not equivocate on the sidelines,” De León declared.
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