"Russ Feingold is not from the real world"

[Crankie Avalon]

Russ Feingold is not from the real world
The maverick senator, subject of a new biography, is the latest embodiment of a long and unique Wisconsin tradition.

By Edward McClelland

July 24, 2007 | The year: 2002.

The setting: a closed-door strategy session in the Senate's LBJ Room.

The antagonists: Sens. Hillary Clinton and Russell Feingold.

The issue: Feingold's recently signed campaign finance reform bill. Clinton, whose husband's leasing of the Lincoln Bedroom had helped inspire the new law, was accompanied by an attorney. The attorney's job: Look for loopholes, loopholes that would allow the Democrats to keep raking in soft money -- unregulated, unlimited contributions to the party coffers. When Feingold objected, Clinton scolded him like Empress Livia dressing down a courtier.

"You're not living in the real world," she shouted.

http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/07/24/feingold/index.html

[madrchsod]

1. wisconsin`s finest

he`s so much better than the two at the top of the ticket.

[0007]

2. Russ Feingold is one of the finest.........nt