"Leader of a pack: Connecticut race shows Feingold's message resonates"

[Bluebear]

Back in June, when he spoke to Russert, Feingold pointedly refused to endorse Lieberman for re-election, splitting with most other Senate Democrats and most of the party's Washington establishment. While he did not endorse officially endorse the challenger, the Wisconsin senator said, "I think Ned Lamont's positions on the issues are much closer to mine on the critical issues." Now that Lamont has defeated Lieberman, Feingold has an indication that his ideas are resonating with Democratic voters - and candidates.



By John Nichols, Capital Times, Madison WI

At the beginning of what is shaping up as America's summer of discontent, U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" for a discussion about his opposition to the war in Iraq and the prospect that he might seek the presidency in 2008 as the candidate of Democrats who want their party to propose a dramatic departure from Bush administration foreign and domestic policies.

The program's host, Tim Russert, asked Feingold: "When will you decide whether you're running?"

"I'm going to look at this, Tim, after the elections in 2006," replied the maverick senator from Wisconsin. "I need to look at what happens in the congressional races - how are the ideas I've been presenting resonating with the American people - and decide whether this is something that makes sense or whether it's better for me to remain in the United States Senate."

Today, months before the point in November when all the 2006 results will be known, Feingold has gotten a strong and positive signal about how the ideas he's been presenting are resonating.

http://www.madison.com/tct/mad/topstories/index.php?ntid=94136&ntpid=0

[wuushew]

1. Russ rocks

I am considering going to a town meeting he is attending on August 14th.

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