The Political Chase

Feinstein to Clinton: Whas up?

“Paging Senator Clinton. Please report to Senator Feinstein’s office immediately.”

That’s not a direct quote from Sen. Feinstein, but the message is the same. Feinstein said she will ask Clinton to “detail her plans for the rest of the Democratic primary,” The Hill reports.

These are direct press quotes from Feinstein, so it’s not like she was making a friendly call asking Clinton, “Whas up?” If Feinstein did not intend to send a message, why did she broadcast her request via the press? My guess is, Clinton refusing  to return Feinstein’s phone calls, prompted some ingenuity on Feinstein’s part.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), one of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) most prominent Senate supporters, said Wednesday that she will ask the former first lady to detail her plans for the rest of the Democratic primary.

“I, as you know, have great fondness and great respect for Sen. Clinton and I’m very loyal to her,” Feinstein said. “Having said that, I’d like to talk with her and [get] her view on the rest of the race and what the strategy is”. . . .

“I think the race is reaching the point now where there are negative dividends from it, in terms of strife within the party,” Feinstein said. “I think we need to prevent that as much as we can.”. . . .

Feinstein stressed that Clinton is not an “also-run candidate,” but added that there is a question “as to whether she can get the delegates that she needs. I’d like to see what the strategy is and then we can talk further.”