Senator Feinstein is also a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. She currently serves as the Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Interior Department and Related Agencies, and is a member of the Subcommittees on Agriculture, Commerce-Justice-Science, Defense, Energy & Water, and Transportation-Housing. She previously served as the Ranking Member of the Military Construction and Veteran Affairs Subcommittee.
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I wonder how Chris Wallace will question her about the veterans' outpatient care at Walter Reed situation.
You appreciate trivia???? The Sunday Chris Matthews is full of it. I wonder if even Dan Rather decided it wasn't worth his time, but here goes today's silly segment:
Chris Matthews' Sunday Show
Blacks desert Hillary for Obama, her lead cut in half since Jan. Black columnist Clarence says "our folks are finding out who Obama is". 20,000 people in Austin showed up to find out more about Obama. Matthews asks his panel if peooople are looking for a hero, and the panel says yes.
"Is Hillary yesterday's potato?", ask Matthews, and the panel seems to agree.
David Gregory says Obama is riding a wave that might not last. Elizabeth Busmiller says taking Bill to Selma, (he can talk the language), shows Hillary recognizes her problem.
(Matthews interrupts his panel like he does his guests on Hardball. Asks questions then answers it himself. Obama has to win early primaries, Matthews says.
Clarence is surprised Mitt Romney is doing so poorly among Mormons.
Bumiller says Hillary's strength will be the women's vote, & there are more women than blacks.
All the panel agrees, Obama will catch Hillary in the polls before Memorial Day.
oh what fun for Chris, Bush couldn' t bounce a basketball. David Gregory did tell Chris the ball was under-inflated, after Matthews said, "Bush didn't have game" when it came to basketball.
Matthews asks: Is John McCain too old? According to polls it is, by 66%. David Gregory says it's a problem, can be dealt with, with humor. Bumiller reminds Chris of McCain's cancer history, a problem, she says. McCain has already saiad he will put his medical records "out there". Matthews reminds viewers of Reagan's Alsheimers.
The panel doesn't think McCain's age will be a factor.
Wexler signed in to Obama Florida campaign. Big get for Obama.
Bumiller says Bush has his back against the wall in his foreign poliy dealings with North Korea and Syria. Finding out Bush is a pragmatist, she says, doing things he wouldn't have done earlier in his presidency.
Matthews asks, "is there a rift between Bush and Cheney?"
"diminished influence", says Gregory. Bumiller says Cheney was marginalized "
Clarence says, there' evidence of a split. And Chris Matthews wonders, "Will Cheney stick around for the rest of the term?"
All he has to do is ask Senator Feinstein if she ever noticed any rats or other problems when she visitied the facility to see her constituents who might have been at the hospital while she was on the the Veterans Affairs Subcommittee.