Poll: Plurality say they'd vote to re-elect Feinstein

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: CNN

(CNN) – A plurality of California voters say they'd be inclined to vote to re-elect Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein next year, according to a new poll.

A Field Poll released Thursday indicates that by a 46 to 42 percent margin, California voters say they'd be inclined to vote to re-elect Feinstein next year when she runs for a fourth full term in office. Twelve percent of those questioned were unsure.

"This is a less positive assessment than voters have given Feinstein in Field Polls conducted in the year prior to her three previous re-election bids. In each of those measures, majorities of between 53 percent and 59 percent said they were inclined to back her," says a release by the Field Poll.

Two thirds of Democrats questioned say they'd be inclined to vote to re-elect Feinstein, with more than seven in ten Republicans disagreeing, and by a 51 to 39 percent margin, independents say they would likely vote for the senator.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/24/poll-plurality-say-theyd-vote-to-re-elect-feinstein/

[xxqqqzme]

1. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

retire already

[shanti]

16. thank you n/t

[avaistheone1]

2. Dianne Feinstein - I think she is a republican.

She may as well be.

:thumbsdown:




She does not have my vote.

[Freddie Stubbs]

3. A Republican who votes with the Democratic Caucus 97% of the time?

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/F000062

[avaistheone1]

5. She has done nothing to move the Democratic party forward.

Hello! the Democratic Caucus caves to the republicans all the time.

And the so called "3% of the time" that Dianne has voted with republicans were key votes where she really could have made a difference in this country for ordinary Americans - but instead Dianne supported the corporatists and the military industrial complex.

I voted for her, and I never would do so again.

[aggiesal]

12. But on key votes ...

1) She approved the bill to allow continued eavesdropping of American citizens. (DEMS Voted No)
2) She declined tax breaks to oil and gas companies to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil,
conserve resources and reduce pollution. (DEMS Voted Yes)
3) She approved CAFTA (Central American Free Trade Agreement) (DEMS Voted No)
4) And, any vote that deals with WAR, she voted with Republican at a high percentage. (Don't know exact number).
5) Introduced Condoleeza Rice for nomination to the Secretary of State.

:mad: :mad: :mad:

[scribble]

21. Feinstein is a disgrace

I will never vote for Diane Feinstein again. She supported Bush. She and her husband have encouraged the outsourcing of several million California jobs since 2001. She has done nothing at all to help the millions of California jobless that she has left behind. She has been essentially absent in the Health Care debate, the moves to hold Wall Street executives accountable for the 2008 crash, and she has done nothing for hundreds' of thousands of California homeowners who either face foreclosure or have lost their homes already. She is a disgrace.

sc

[aggiesal]

4. Why? ...

Stupid people! :mad: :mad:

[Retrograde]

10. Because the GOP keeps nominating candidates like

Carly Fiorina and Matt Fong, whose own mother (the extremely popular March Fong Eu, CA Secretary of State) couldn't help him, and Michael Huffington, who thought he could buy the seat... the list goes on.

Next election cycle the new rules go into effect: the top two primary vote getters advance to the November election, regardless of party. While I'm still not convinced this is a good idea, I am hoping it will shake up some entrenched seats by eliminating the extreme loons.

[aggiesal]

13. The Republican Party, at its convention last week, just voted ...

to select their representative by mail. This way it circumvents
the open primary, and only Republicans voting for Republicans.
The idea is that, by making it by mail, the Republican party will send
out mailers (i.e. ballots) and get 100% vote returned (aka voter turnout).

If all works well, they should have the top 2 vote getters in the primary
thus shutting out any other party during the general elections.

The Democratic Party is considering the same idea at next month's convention.

[shanti]

17. how do you figure

that the repukes will get the top 2 vote getters in a dem state?

[aggiesal]

20. If all republicans vote, and Dems have a low turnout,

conceivably, there could be 2 Rep. candidates as the top vote getters.
If any candidate receives more than 50%, then there is no general election,
and the candidate that received more than 50% is automatically elected.

[shanti]

22. highly unlikely that the repukes

get their top two picks on the ballot and no dems. i wouldn't put it past them to try though.

[The Second Stone]

6. She will have my vote if she gets the nomination

I don't care for her conservatism, but it is a heck of a lot better than Republicanism and it's form of conservative.

[harun]

7. Hope they Primary her DIFI = DINO.

[Xithras]

8. I havent voted for Feinstein in the past two elections.

Warmongering, Bush loving, corrupt, corporate sellout. I have no use for her.

She supported the Bush wars, and then later lied to cover herself. She joined with Republicans to expand FISA. She was one of the original co-sponsors of the Patriot Act. She's a fierce advocate of H1-B's and a strong supporter of laws supporting outsourcing. She voted to make flag burning a crime. She has voted to support government censorship of the Internet. She's fought on the side of Hollywood for years to excessively punish those guilty of filesharing, including slapping little old ladies with tens of thousands of dollars in fines because their GRANDKIDS downloaded something illicit over their internet connection. She has supported legislation requiring global DRM on the Internet.

Should I even get into the fact that she introduced legislation steering $25 billion to the FDIC, an agency that doesn't normally get federal funds, only days before they awarded CB Ellis (of which her husband is the CEO) a contract worth BILLIONS? Coincidental timing? Maybe, but how do you then explain her decision to introduce the legislation at all, considering that she does NOT sit on any committees overseeing banking or finance, and had never previously even ATTENDED a finance committee or FDIC regulatory meeting? The bill came totally out of nowhere, from someone previously totally uninvolved with the FDIC, just days before her husband's company was awarded a contract (he owns stock, and their stock price surged, making her quite a bit of money).

I won't vote for Feinstein because I don't vote for Republicans. I believe my last ballot included a write-in for Garfield...I supported his pro-lasagna, anti-Monday platform.

[shanti]

18. don't forget this little gem of hers

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s258/show

:(

[RandySF]

9. Did she confirm that she's running?

I haven't even heard any word. She's been around a long time. Maybe she ought to think of calling it a day. Regardless of what the poll says, she wins if she runs. She has a huge war chest and the California GOP is still deteriorating. It would take a major scandal to take her down.

[Freddie Stubbs]

11. Last year Feinstein hinted that she would run for reelection 2012:

There’s been much speculation about the plans of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) — particularly with some prominent Democrats such as L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom potentially waiting in the wings for a chance to run for U.S. Senate.

But in the midst of answering a question about California’s water issues while campaigning with U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) Monday in San Jose, Feinstein, who is 77, indicated that she doesn’t have any plans to give up her seat. The slip about 2012 came when she was answering a question from a reporter and was explaining that water is “huge issue for California” and that without water you “don’t have an economy.”

“Water is where it’s at. We’re the largest agricultural industry in America, and it needs water; and high tech, and it needs water; and 38 million people, and they need water,” Feinstein said. “So in two years there will be a water bond on the ballot. That bond must be passed. And I will be running then, I intend to get out and support it.”

The moment might have passed without much notice. But when Feinstein had finished speaking, Boxer stepped to the podium with a grin.

more: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/10/feinstein-hints-shell-run-again-in-2012.html

[David__77]

14. I would prefer another Democrat be the candidate, but she is fine.

We'll see if she actually runs again. She's been fine in most respects. There are plenty of good California Democrats who perhaps better reflect the mainstream of the California Democratic Party today. I am thankful for her leadership on some issues.

[shanti]

15. i've always voted for her in the past

but she won't get my vote next time. she's too conservative for me.

[MurrayDelph]

19. I am no longer in California

but if I was, I would be voting for her opponent in the primary election, and we would hopefully have a real Democrat as a candidate in the fall.

I have written her many, many times, asking her to (for example) support the filibuster on Samuel Alito, or wanting her to explain her reasoning on an important issue. The reasoning was always thus: "I am a Senator, therefore I am smarter than you."

She has always been wrong on the issues, and on the second part of her response, so I hope California will find a better Democrat to change the first half of that response as well.