So far, all four women are playing hard to get. California’s Dianne Feinstein, who’s pushing a crime bill as one of her legislative priorities, is considered most likely to join the panel. “To say that I’m not interested is not correct,” she says. Washington’s Patty Murray wants Appropriations, Commerce or Labor and Human Resources–“assignments that would most benefit the state,” says a spokeswoman. Illinois’s Carol Moseley Braun wasn’t available for comment. Boxer isn’t talking.
