Why DiFi Won't Run

Over at their new blog calbuzz, Jerry Roberts and Phil Trounstine explain why Dianne Feinstein won't be running for Governor.

once again, Feinstein is playing coy, teasing reporters and confounding potential 2010 rivals with frequent smiling hints that maybe she will, or maybe she won’t run for governor. “U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein is way out in front of her Democratic challengers should she decide to seek her party’s nomination,” reports the latest Field Poll. “Should Feinstein decide against running, the race becomes a much closer contest.”

As reporters who covered Feinstein over several decades as a mayor, statewide candidate (including her losing 1990 race for governor against Pete Wilson) and U.S. senator, we recognize the signs of her obsessive flirtation with the political spotlight, and offer three words you can take to the bank:

She won’t run.

Current Senate Position, Risk, & Age. Roberts & Trounstine make all of the same points that I have been making in conversations with friends, whenever DiFi's potential run comes up. I just don't see it happening.