Mark Z. Barabak: Feinstein is not going to quit the Senate. Ever. Just ask her biographer
Other than family and close friends, few people have a longer history with Dianne Feinstein or a better understanding of California's ailing U.S. senator than Jerry Roberts.
The former political writer and newspaper editor — now host of Santa Barbara's singular broadcast "Newsmakers with Jerry Roberts" — first covered Feinstein nearly 50 years ago.
She was on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors; Roberts was a reporter for the city's alternative paper, the Bay Guardian.
In 1994, he published the biography "Dianne Feinstein: Never Let Them See You Cry." It remains a must-read for students of the 89-year-old lawmaker, who faces intense pressure to quit amid doubts about her mental and physical health and capacity to do her job in the Senate.
Our conversation about Feinstein, past and present, has
