D AYS after a tropical storm blew through Oklahoma , some parts of the state were hit by Hurricane Diane . We give that nickname to U.S. Rep. Diane Watson , a California Democrat who felt it necessary to spend part of her August recess in Tulsa , Muskogee and Oklahoma City in order to voice her displeasure about goings-on within the Cherokee Nation .

The tribe's members drew Watson's ire back in March, when ...