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Monday, June 13, 2005

Feingold for President?

Per the Strib Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold is mulling a run for President:

The third-term Wisconsin Democrat says it is too soon to decide whether he will run for president in 2008, but he is looking and sounding like a candidate, promising to travel to all 50 states to make the case for his party.

In Washington, Feingold's name is on all the short lists of possible candidates, creating a buzz among liberals. In Wisconsin, where Feingold received more votes than any other candidate in state history last fall, voters are trying to figure out if their senator's recently announced divorce will affect his national prospects.

Progressive Punch ranks Feingold the 24th most progressive Senator. (Hillary Clinton is ranked 11th; John Kerry is ranked 24th). Feingold has consistently broken with the progressive (per ProgressivePunch, at least) position on ethanol. Frankly, ethanol subsidies and production mandates barely interest me. I think Feingold's one vote against the Patriot Act counts for a hell of a lot more than a 100 votes on ethanol.

Can Feingold win? Sure he can. Especially with John McCain running as an independent. (Although Brendan Nyhan is probably correct that McCain wouldn't run. One thing Nyhan fails to consider is that McCain will be 72 in 2008. Even if he failed in his Presidential bid, he would still be a Senator until 2010, and retire at 74. McCain wants to be President and 2008 will be his last, best chance.)

2 Comments:

Russ is a great senator. I've only got one thing to hold against him: When John Ashcroft was nominated for Attorney General he voted to allow the nomination to go to the floor. (He did it on principle.)

It could be argued that anyone who would allow John Ashcroft anywhere near a position of power should never be president.

By Anonymous, at 2:37 PM

At least he has principles. Better than one of Minnesota's senators.

By Hammer, at 2:39 PM

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