Feinstein is going to use her super powers to stop global warming. You'd have to be a nut case not to vote for someone with super powers. She'll probably continue to be reelected after she's dead. Californians are smart.

Di-Fi Wins! Nothing to see here folks, go home. Maybe she'll be challenged from the left in six years.

A Republican cannot win a senatorial seat in California. The numbers are just not there. And Feinstein has an enormous war chest. It would be entertaining, however, to see peace-activist/attention whore Cindy Sheehan follow through on her threat to run against Feinstein who supported the call to war in Iraq.

Feinstein is extremely popular despite some loss of support from the traditional Democratic bases dating back to her years as the "conservative" mayor of SF. She'll win with her eyes closed.

Senator Feinstein will win re-election in a walk. She has become probably the most popular elected official in California. Some Republicans still want to take her on, but at this point, they really have no one with the "gravitas" to beat her. First elected in 1992 after a special election to replace Pete Wilson, who was elected governor in 1990, Feinstein has been re-elected easily ever since. The only exception to this was 1994, when she was almost defeated by Congressman Michael Huffington in the "Republican Revolution" that occurred that year. Feinstein would have probably lost had Huffington run a more consistent race. Since then, the Republicans have felt that she is vulnerable, but her moderate positions and attention to state needs have endeared her to the majority of Californians. For 2006, Republicans have had a difficult time recruiting candidates for this race. No one has officially declared a candidacy as of yet. Conservative Republicans over the past 10 years or so have been whipped at the statewide level in California. Moderate Republicans like Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger have only fared slightly better. In fact, only moderates can win statewide here. In 2000, a moderate Republican ran against Feinstein only to get beaten badly. Why? Feinstein already had the moderate and Democratic voters locked down. That only gave the Republican candidate about 35% of the vote, which consisted of the conservative core voters. She's not that easy to beat, even with an electable moderate opposing her. When she retires, this will be a seat that will be competitive, especially if a liberal candidate like Barbara Boxer runs against a moderate Republican.