Wyden confirms Obama transition briefed and consulted him, but not Feinstein, on Panetta pick

UPDATE: Biden says it was a "mistake" not telling Feinstein about the Panetta pick. But that really doesn't explain anything. Everyone in politics knows that you give a heads up to the chairs of the committees of jurisdiction, at least when they're members of your own party. There is a reason Wyden was consulted and DiFi wasn't. And it's not because the transition forgot that DiFi was the incoming chairwoman.

As I wrote earlier, it's irrelevant whether anyone gets a frisson of schadenfreude out of dissing DiFi. The only question that matters is whether Obama, and Panetta, gain or lose by, seemingly intentionally leaving Feinstein out of the loop.