California senator Dianne Feinstein told CNN this morning that she’d be “flattered” if Michelle Obama is considering a run for her Senate in 2018:
“And I cannot let you go, senator, without asking about an article I read that posited that Michelle Obama would like to run for the Senate in California, and that she has her eye on your seat in 2018 because the feeling is that you may retire at that point, and so I thought I’d get your reaction to that story,” said the CNN host.
“Oh, did you?” Feinstein said, chuckling a little. “Well, I have no idea what I’m going to be doing in 2018. That’s four years from now, and that’s one of the nice things of a six-year term. I’ve served two years of my term, and you know, I’ll make a decision in due time. I’m flattered, if that should be true. Somehow I do not believe it is true, but I would be flattered if it were.”
Feinstein is 81 years old.
