Don't Count Russ Feingold Out Yet
(US News) The Democrats' maverick senator, Wisconsin's Russ Feingold, surprised many when he finished a national listening tour by pulling his hat from the ring of 2008 presidential candidates, claiming he lacked the fire in the belly.
Well, don't count him out yet,--at least as a provocative vice presidential candidate. That's because a new biography paints the coauthor of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law as one of the leaders of the progressive movement spreading in the nation as activists look for lawmakers who don't play politics safe.
Feingold, out next week, opens with a gripping clash between the leading character and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as she looked for loopholes around the McCain-Feingold law. In a closed-door meeting in 2002, Feingold objected to her efforts.
"You're not living in the real world," shouts Clinton. "Senator, I do live in the real world, and I'm doing just fine by it," responds Feingold,...continued
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Russ Feingold for President
This country needs a leader who has vision and the courage to stand for what's right. Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin, voted against authorizing George W. Bush to invade Iraq and was the ONLY Senator to vote 'NO' against the Patriot Act. Courage, enough to stand alone, 98 to 1, when it's the right thing to do.
"Preserving our freedom is one of the main reasons that we are now engaged in this new war on terrorism. We will lose that war without firing a shot if we sacrifice the liberties of the American people". - Russ Feingold on the Senate floor, 10/25/01 before casting the lone vote against the Patriot Act.
“I am increasingly troubled by the seemingly shifting justifications for an invasion at this time. … When the administration moves back and forth from one argument to another, I think it undercuts the credibility of the case and the belief in its urgency. I believe that this practice of shifting justifications has much to do with the troubling phenomenon of many Americans questioning the administration’s motives.”-Senator Russ Feingold, October 2002, on why he voted 'No' to authorize Bush to invade Iraq.
Russ Feingold for President
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