Posted on 05/23/2023 9:55:26 PM PDT by thecodont
Among the many plot lines in the Dianne Feinstein saga is Gov. Gavin Newsom's pledge to appoint a Black woman to replace the 89-year-old should a vacancy arise before her term expires in January 2025.
He made that promise during his 2021 anti-recall campaign, and a new article from the Associated Press' Michael R. Blood conveys the extent to which the governor may have boxed himself in. While many Black Democrats expect the governor to follow through on his pledge, the two candidates who seemed the most likely at the time of the pledge — Reps. Barbara Lee and Karen Bass — may no longer be options. Lee is running against Rep. Adam Schiff to succeed Feinstein, so Newsom may want to avoid tilting the scales in that race. Meanwhile, Bass just began her tenure as mayor of Los Angeles.
That leaves the “caretaker” route, in which Newsom appoints someone who doesn't enter the Senate race, and the Associated Press story provided just one name that has been “floated in California circles” as a caretaker pick: celebrity talk show host Oprah Winfrey. exp-player-logo Read More
For whatever it's worth, people in “California circles” often float a ton of unsubstantiated gossip that's more “Hey, I’m just spitballing myself here” versus “Hey, a person close to the actual decision-maker told me this thing.” On the Oprah rumor specifically, however, there's reason to believe it may be closer to the latter than the former.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Democrats always replace someone with someone else even more extreme.
Whoever replaces Feinstein will make us wish Feinstein were still in office.
“Where Is Oprah’s Main Residence
Oprah’s main home is in Montecito, California. It is an estate called Promised Land, and is said to be worth more than $100 million. The estate covers 70 acres, and incorporates neighboring properties that Oprah has bought over time. “
https://www.homesandgardens.com/news/oprah-winfrey-buys-montecito-home-from-jeff-bridges
Hillary is still a carpetbagger
I thought the Obamas lived mostly out of Mass? If so, Michelle isn’t likely to be the ‘one’.
On Oprah, I doubt if she’s worked more than 10 hours a week in the past decade.
I’m more likely to believe that Harris is offered the seat, and leaves the VP position for Biden to fill with Governor Newsom of California.
Meghan Markle (Princess Yoko) lives in California.
Wiffy is too friggin’ stupid to work in Congress. Too stupid for even the Senate.
There's already way too many racist demonratcommieblmantifaterrorscumfeminazipedophilegoatrapers in congress* as it is.
okra can go to }{€££ and stay there !!!
*See My Tagline.
I thought it was, “carpetmuncher”..
will everybody get a car?
Job description for the average US Senator:
1). Mouth the party line and vote as the party leadership directs.
2). Operate a pay to play scam. In return for campaign money, insider trading tips, private financial deals, speaking fees, book deals, and high paying board seats and consulting gigs in retirement the Senator will insert special provisions benefiting patrons into bills numbering thousands of pages that no one reads.
3). Enjoy government paid junkets around the world, vacations on billionaire private islands, rubbing shoulders with celebrities, great sex, and lobbyist paid dining at the most expensive restaurants.
Even if Oprah was a California resident why would she want a job that is far below her social status, much less one that cannot enhance her lifestyle? Now Meghan Markle would probably jump at the chance to play the placeholder role.
Orca Whalefree
I think they should pick Rob Reiner or Robert DiNero. They are perfect exemplars of adherents to the ideology.
Since leftists are no longer required to follow the law, the racist Oprah can be a senator for any state.
OFS! Newsom should just be done with it and appoint a horse.
Good choice. Oprah could end her career in a good way—as long as she keeps her nose clean and votes the way she is told.
Oprah Winfrey? Only in California could you get someone dumber then DiFi. Dealing with her as a waiter when she visited GAYle King in Hartford, she was rude.
Pretty much anybody from Illinois can replace the California Senator.
But, just so you know, Adam Schitt has seen undeniable proof that Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama are colluding with the Russians . . .
There is probably smoke coming out of her checkbook
One braindead for another. Who would notice?
Of course, as corrupt as she was Feinstein never dabbled in child trafficking. So, this would be a step backward.
Caligula’s horse. Pennsylvania voters elected someone who is Caligula’s horse’s ass...🤓
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