I happen to know Feingold personally. The guy is politically delusional. He genuinely believes the whole country — except for a few crazies - stands behind his extreme liberal ideology and he is the guy with the pure courage to do the right (liberal) thing.
He voted against many Obama things because they were not left of center enough! His whole maverick schtick was a ruse, yet nonetheless; in his own mind he really believes he's an independent guy. It's quite amazing.
As a Wisconsin resident, you have my sympathy for personally knowing our
former Senator.
Maybe he is a nice guy. But, to me, he always seemed like a complete tool.