Posted on 04/04/2005 2:04:19 PM PDT by RockinRight
WASHINGTON - Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold, a blunt Midwestern maverick who isn't afraid to defy his party, is perfectly placed to make the kind of impression that gets a run for the presidential nomination off to a quick start.
Feingold, a potential 2008 Democratic hopeful, has what his more famous colleague from New York, Sen. Hillary Clinton, lacks: a starring role on a Senate committee that will repeatedly make big news over the next six months.
The big opportunity: a Supreme Court vacancy. Picture a weeks-long nomination battle in the Senate Judiciary Committee, on which Feingold serves, broadcast live on cable news channels. It would be a priceless platform for Feingold to offer Americans a contrast of his views on the Constitution with the nominee’s.
Even before then he'll be in the spotlight. Next week the Judiciary Committee will begin hearings on extension of expiring provisions in the USA Patriot Act. Feingold was the only senator to vote against it in 2001.
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We'd beat him like a red-headed stepchild.
They've used up everyone else BUT hillary. Having run through the seven dwarfs, now it's time for the seven micro-midgets.
Since his campaign finance bill was a flop, why would we expect anything else from him if he were President?
In fact, why would we expect anything else from McCain?
My biggest nightmare:
A McCain/Feingold match up in 2008...I shudder at the thought of going into the voting booth that day...
A dark horse eh....hope he can beat Hillary "trojan horse" Clinton
Feingold's a dark horse.
Hillary's just a horse.
McGold/Feincain.......what's the difference ?
Oh yes, we all know how the DemonRats love people who aren't afraid to toe the party line. Dean was too moderate for them.
Is someone who is identified as a candidate 3 1/2 years ahead of the election really a dark horse?
No, but he is a jackass.
I wouldn't argue with that!!
Russ started out years ago saying he was "independent" of his party, but over the years his votes have fallen into line. On votes the Democrat's consider important, he is very much a party line guy these days.
John Kerry: Horseface
Russ Feingold: Dark Horse
Hillary Clinton: Cross her, find a horse head in your bed
What do they have in common? They all stink like a horses ass.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I hate Feingold so much, words cannot describe it >:( When I found out that my mom (a REPUBLICAN may I say!) voted for him, I wouldn't speak to her all night. Argh.
"We'd beat him like a red-headed stepchild"
With a BAD report card!!
He should stay away from small planes, that's all I got to say.
Goodie, another Mondale.
More correctly
sHillary would be the South end of a North bound horse.
Major MSM faux pas. Don't they know that McCain is the only "maverick" senator?
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