Sen. Dianne Feinstein bypassed fellow California senator Kamala Harris to endorse Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination
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“Feinstein endorsing Biden is mostly about Biden,’’ said Rose Kapolczynski, a veteran Democratic strategist who has advised former Sen. Barbara Boxer and Tom Steyer, a billionaire activist who is also running for the Democratic presidential nomination. “They served together for 15 years in the Senate, which is a very small, collegial body.’’
Through the years, Feinstein and Biden — the key link to the Senate of President Barack Obama, whoregularly reached to the chamber — developed a political relationship “that is long and deep,’’ she said. Their political differences played out in the headlines early in Harris’ career when, as San Francisco district attorney in 2004, Harris said she would not seek the death penalty for a gang member who fatally shot a 29-year-old police officer, Isaac Espinoza.
In 2016, asked about a possible Harris run, the elder Feinstein didn’t mask her doubts or hide the distance between herself and an ambitious younger senator who had quickly garnered a national spotlight. While saying she was “a big fan” of Harris, Feinstein added, “She’s brand-new here. … It takes a little time to get to know somebody.’’
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