What a very polite way of saying she's a stuck-up prima dona and demands to be treated as such. No wonder Marinnucci has lasted so long as a political reporter. If Feinstein didn't want to be seen as weak, she should have tried standing up to Bush a few times. Her constituents in California would be happier with her if she had. Instead, she's commonly called "Lieberman in a skirt" by California Democrats, and narrowly escaped a censure vote by the state party last year.

Insightful article that really nails Feinstein. Looks like Republicans aren't the only politicians who didn't get the message voters sent in the last election.

Story treats incident as a tactical move by Fieinstein to assert her authority. Could it be that Panetta for the CIA is just a rotten idea? Article does not engage this issue.

No. Too many Anonymous sources used by the journalist when they were not talking about anything substantial. I don't want to know what people around her are talking about, I want to know what she meant by it. I would like a comparison of what she is doing now and what she acted like under Bush.