Feingold

Yesterday, I went up to Bloomer, WI with my parents to talk about Thailand at a retirement home. On the way, we decided to stop at Culver's along Highway 53 to have some lunch. I saw a man sitting in a booth that looked fimiliar--I had to do a double-take, but I was certain it was Senator Feingold. My mom and dad concurred when they joined me at our table. I almost approached him and let him k

I first came across this video when Steve Hanson posted it on Uppity Wisconsin. This video was authorized by the Progressive Patriots Fund--an organization, Chaired by Senator Feingold, that is "dedicated to promoting a progressive reform agenda and supporting candidates across the country."I am very happy to call Russ Feingold my Senator, and I hope he will keep up the fight on FISA. Please tak

Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) will offer an amendment in the Senate Judiciary Committee tomorrow to "strike retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies alleged to have assisted with the President’s illegal warrantless wiretapping program."read more | digg story

Senator Feingold (D-WI) is pushing the Senate to censure President Bush for his abuse of the Constitution and mismanagement of the Iraq war. Higher prices at the pump are due in part to a record number of failures at U.S. oil refiners this year. Tomorrow/Monday: Live debates co-hosted by CNN and YouTube will allow constituents to pose questions directly to presidential hopefuls via homemade video. Where does McDonald’s stand on America’s fight against obesity? Meet Hugo. India, the world’s largest democracy, has elected its first female president. At age 72, Pratibha Patil secured two thirds of the votes cast in state assemblies and the national parliament. While some hail Patil’s victory as a sign of growing gender equality in India, others view her victory as a symbolic gesture. What are your thoughts? Preliminary results suggest Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party has secured another majority after Turkey’s pa

It's an uphill battle, but he'll probably have the support of the people behind him.Impeachment though...he can't impeach a president for being immoral, only for doing something specifically illegal and while I think that's probably been the case with our president, until you can make a case for it, impeachment should be left off the table.

Dear Senator Feingold,I’m writing to you in response to your post titled “The Question of Impeachment”, submitted on July 16th on Daily Kos.I’m afraid you have disappointed me quite deeply with this post. Your name was on my list of Senator’s that seemed to be trying to uphold the Constitution. Unfortunately, I was wrong.Let me explain.In your post, you stated that, despite the fact that you know that crimes have been committed by this administration, you do not want to call for impeachment hearings because you want Congress to be able to “do what it was elected to do – end the war and address some of the other terrible mistakes this Administration has made over the past six and a half years. “This statement tells me that you do not understand your oath of office. May I remind you that you were elected to:“Support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic… “Our Constitution is under siege by the executive branch, an

I want everyone to be clear on exactly what my proposal will do. The first and most important thing to know is that my plan does not cut funding for the troops. Our troops will continue to receive the salaries, equipment, training and protection they need. What I am proposing is ending funds for the continued deployment of U.S. forces in Iraq six months after the enactment of the bill. This will require the President to safely redeploy troops from Iraq by that date. My bill does provide exceptions to allow for specific types of military missions within Iraq past the six-month deadline, such as targeted counter-terrorism efforts, the protection of American personnel and infrastructure, and a limited number of troops needed to help train Iraqi security forces. But these will be limited forces used for specific missions. OK, insurgents. Hold on for 6 months. In a burst of tough love, a policy not adhered to by Democrats on any other issue except ones where it hurts the United States, F

To the dismay of many liberal bloggers, Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) announced that he will not seek the presidency. An outspoken liberal voice in the senate, Feingold wanted to be a part of the new democratic majority. It would always have been an uphill battle, and his entry would have set the blogosphere on fire: right underneath Hillary Rodham Clinton.

This will disappoint a lot of people. Feingold rules out 2008 run for president:Sen. Russ Feingold will not seek his party's presidential nomination in 2008, the Wisconsin Democrat told the Journal Sentinel on Saturday. "I never got to that point where I'd rather be running around the country, running for president, than being a senator from Wisconsin," Feingold said in a phone interview from Madison.Feingold was the darling of the more liberal wing of the Democratic Party. He has been adamant about his anti-Iraq War sentiments and was seen as a possible alternative to the moderate/hawkish views of Hillary Clinton. One thing that scares me about the coming presidential campaign is that Democrats will see last week's election as a need to move to the center. This is simply not true. One of the things that I like about Feingold running for President was that he would help pull the conversation to the left. He would not allow moderates to hijack the dialog. Someone like Oba

Well, the announcements are coming in thick and fast now. We've had Hunter, Vilsack and McCain confirm they are in. We've had Warner confirm he's out, with voters declaring Allen and Santorum effectively out, too. Now Wisconsin Democratic Senator Russ Feingold has declared that he will not run for President in 2008. Associated Press, picked up by CBS News, has the story - but Feingold's full letter to supporters can be found here, on the Progressive Patriots Fund PAC website. The gist of the letter, and of the news story, is that Feingold is excited at the prospect of being in the majority in the US Senate again, and feels he can achieve more as part of that majority than he could out on the road in what would be a long-shot presidential effort. The letter is a great example of why Feingold supporters support Feingold - it has candour and wit. After detailing the positive response he had received to his opposition to many of the administration's policies on Iraq and terrorism, F

Wisconsin Democratic Senator Russ Feingold "said he's closer to making a decision on a presidential race following this week's congressional elections, but still hasn't decided if the election results have made him more or less likely to run for president," reports Associated Press, on Green Bay CBS affiliate WFRV-5. "It pushes me in both directions, and I'm going to sit down and think about exactly what I want to be doing over the next couple of years," Feingold told AP. He left the door well and truly open by observing that the anti-war sentiment expressed by voters on Tuesday "gives me the sense that what I've been talking about on this would resonate with the voters of this country, if I decided to run for president." Fenigold indicated he would make his decision before the end of the year.

Senator Russell D. Feingold (D-WI) eventually dropped the "I" word. Impeachment, at last ! Senator Arlen Hannibal Specter countered and The Red Machine seized the opportunity to wake its gloomy base up : hey, you ! Something to fight for, don't let your majority lose, save private eye Dubya !A noble cause worth the fight : your beloved Duce needs you. If you want your Administration to keep insulting democracy, vote Republikan. Don't listen to these no gooders who claim being Republicans but don't support Our Dear Compassionate Leader. You want to feel the same pride as you did while crushing that flip-flopping weasel ? You want to feel like a winner again ? You want to say "Mission Accomplished" one more time, even for a day ? You want to forget you elected the worst US president in History ? Vote Amerika. And oh, impeaching Dubya would send a wrong message to the world and to our Middle East friends. Instead, we should keep broadcasting snapshots from our Guantanamo and Abu Ghrai

To the dismay of many liberal bloggers, Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) announced that he will not seek the presidency. An outspoken liberal voice in the senate, Feingold wanted to be a part of the new democratic majority. It would always have been an uphill battle, and his entry would have set the blogosphere on fire: right underneath Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Now that there are two new members of the U.S. Supreme Court the body will revisit the constitutionality of the McCain Feingold campaign finance law, according to Robert Barnes and Matthew Mosk of the Washington Post. I bet this time they get it right.