[Diana in Wisconsin]

Pure political positioning and posturing on Feingold's part. Of course, no one on the left is going to come out and actually SAY that. Feingold always votes in opposition when it's obvious the cause is lost. That way he wins points from the far looney left for "standing up" for what the insane in his party believe.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"Friday Feingold" Ping! :)

[TRY ONE]

" if Alito is unacceptable to Feingold, then he should be unacceptable to a good many other senators including moderate Republicans....."

How about the flip side:

If Alito is acceptable to Sheets, then he should be acceptable to EVERY other Senator!

[Niteranger68]

Wow! John Nichols has that boot licking thing (with the happy ending I might add) down pat. Someone get Feingold a smoke!

[popdonnelly]

"is the fact that U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., has voted for the first time in his Senate career against a Supreme Court nominee."

Demonstrating that he wants to be on the ticket in '08.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

"...arguably..."
When you find this word in a news story, it usually means it was written by the subject's fan club.

[tellw]

Feingold's standard has often infuriated liberal interest groups, along with many of his fellow Democrats, who have argued that he has given too much slack to right-wing Republicans who will never repay the favor.

Three words: Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

[RockinRight]

Feingold's a d*ck. Why should we care??

[TheBigB]

Feingold himself is insignificant. Therefore, any action he takes is also insignificant.

[kcvl]

safeguard the rights and freedoms of Americans

The ones we won't have if we are D-E-A-D from TERRORISTS ATTACKS! What a foolish politician who cares nothing about anyone's "rights and freedoms" only his next campaign.

[Prysson]

Bah..this article is nonsense.

Fiengolds vote is meaningless.

We already have the votes to confirm the only question is whether they can filibuster and the three conservatives who MIGHT be inclined to vote no would almost certainly still vote for cloture.

Add the four confirmed dem yea's on Alito and all we are missing is one vote. Diane Fienstein has stated on the record that she would not support a filibuster even though she will vote no. That is all the votes we need assuming Fienstein doesnt change her mind.

[catpuppy]

... he has distinguished embarrassed himself

Just correcting what must have been a typo.

[maggief]

Molly Ivins take on Feingold this morning via C-SPAN:

"On the Democratic side, the only person I see in Washington who is showing any spine at all is this guy Russ Feingold out of Wisconsin. And he's not REAL thrilling"..

Hat tip: spectre

[Lancey Howard]

LMAO!!!
This author is sweating profusely in his effort to make Feingold something more than the partisan scumbag that he is. Feingold's vote against Alito makes me like Alito even more.

[loveliberty2]

What a PR piece for the Far Left and Feingold! Not even a subtle attempt at manipulation of the mind.

[Loyal Buckeye]

from Madisononion.com?

[Wonder Warthog]

Let me guess---given the screeching liberal content of the post, this must be from "Madison, WI", and not "Madison, James".

[Big Mack]

Finegold is a twit. In fact, if he should get the dim nomination I might just have to vote for him just to get him out of Wisconsin. Unfortunatly, th US would suffer its' worst defete ever if he should ever become our POTUS. But, maybe if he got the nomination, We could loan some gonads to the Republicans in congress and get them to demand he resign his seat to run like we should have done to JF'nK.

[WIladyconservative]

Feingold was at my son's Junior High School yesterday taking questions . . . my son asked him why he wouldn't vote to confirm Alito and apparently Feingold danced around the issue with non-answer answers . . . .

As a follow-up question my son asked Feingold why he wouldn't answer his question . . . .that earned him scowls from Secret service and Feingold's "people" . . . . .and a "let's move on" from Feingold.