Posted on 12/08/2010 11:30:19 PM PST by Libloather
Feingold Couldn’t Re-Create ’92 Magic
Nathan L. Gonzales
December 8, 2010 · 11:25 AM EDT
It wasn’t supposed to be this way.
Russ Feingold’s reputation as a maverick and clever campaign ads were supposed to insulate him from the national wave that swept out dozens of his Democratic colleagues.
But after 18 years in office, the shine had worn off the Wisconsin Democrat’s independent image, Feingold’s ads this year were remarkably average, and a political neophyte from Oshkosh unseated the incumbent in a state where Republicans haven’t won a Senate race in almost a quarter-century.
In 1992, Feingold rode to Washington with a series of offbeat television ads that helped him cut through the clutter of a Democratic primary and knock off Sen. Bob Kasten (R) in the general election.
This year, it was Republican Ron Johnson’s ads that received recognition for their creativity, putting Feingold’s reputation to the test and ultimately defeating the Democrat by 5 points in a race that was decided well before Election Day.
The Senator was clearly working against a wave of frustrated voters at the state and national levels, but the biggest question is how Feingold’s veteran campaign team was unable recapture his political magic.
The Redefinition of Russ
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Well, if Russ couldn't recreate the "'92 Magic", then I'm going to have to say no. Why? Because he's certainly going to need some magic to turn himself black before the primary season. See, as a white guy (especially a Jewish White Guy), Feigngold doesn't have a prayer of unseating Obama.
Now, I suppose it's possible that black people won't turn out in 2012 (especially in the primary), but is that likely? Probably not. And, are black people going to sit home and watch their guy get beat by the Jewish kid? Again, probably not - at least if Jesse Jackson is actually representative of the people he claims to represent.
Obama is about as impervious to a primary challenge as perhaps any sitting President has EVER been, precisely because no previous President has ever come close to enjoying near unanimous approval from a single demographic. Obama of course enjoys such approval from blacks, and ESPECIALLY black democrats.
I say it all the time - Dems have made their racial identity political bed, now they have to sleep in it.
Write in Hillary clinton.
That would make it fun.
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