I never thought I’d enjoy a Democratic senator from California as much as I’ve enjoyed Dianne Feinstein for the past couple months. From vocally supporting the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship, against her party’s wishes, to vocally dressing down the White House for not keeping her in the loop on the Panetta pick for CIA, she has become an unexpected pleasure.

Given that the junior senator from the state of California could make Grendel look a charming statesman by comparison, Feinstein really doesn’t have to be reasonable at all for image reasons, so I applaud her doubly.