A few months ago, I wrote an open letter to Diane Feinstein after she voted in favor of giving the Bush Administration expanded power to spy on Americans. I couldnÂ’t figure out why, as a highly respected Democrat, Diane Feinstein would be so willing to go along with the Bush AdministrationÂ’s policies. After all, it wasnÂ’t the first time she had voted with the neo-conservatives. She voted in favor of giving President Bush the authority to attack Iraq in 2002. She voted for the Patriot Act. She voted to extend the Patriot Act. She voted in favor of condemning MoveOn.org, and in effect her Democratic base, for questioning the motives of General Petreaus. She voted in favor of confirming Michael Mukasey as Attorney General, even though he made it quite clear he would bend the rules for the Bush Administration. As a Democrat, why would she do these things?
It turns out that she may be going along with Bush Administration policies because she is, for all intents and purposes, a lot like the Bush Administration.