BREAKING: Feingold leaving DC to attend Obama rally in Madison

[zulchzulu]

Russ tweeted it.


http://twitter.com/russfeingold

"Great day to be in Wisconsin! I made it! Finished voting and am proud to join President Obama at my alma mater."

[vaberella]

1. Just read it in another thread. Glad to hear it.

Will it be broadcasted live? Is it happening today or tomorrow?

[Pirate Smile]

4. It is Cspan 3 (someone said). 7 pm EST, 6 central.

[zulchzulu]

2. LIVE stream will be here

www.nbc15.com

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

3. BUT, BUT, BUT...Obama is *unpopular* in Wisconsin!!!

n/t

[Drunken Irishman]

5. Feingold must've read my posts in that one thread...

;)

[DesertFlower]

6. good. nt

[CreekDog]

7. Smart

Never make it seem like you're embarrassed to stand with your side.

[Tarheel_Dem]

8. I guess Russ wanted to make sure that Obama could still draw a crowd?

I mean, WTF has been his hesitation. Clearly his strategy, whatever the hell it was, has not worked up til now. He ran away from this president who the base still supports. Not sure Russ knows what the hell he's doing.

[scheming daemons]

9. Russ followed scheming daemons' advice... just in time....

;-)

[MadBadger]

10. Poor Planning on the Part of The Obama Team to have the rally on Library Mall

No way will everybody fit there, and i doubt they will even fit on the overflow on Bascom.

Camp Randall would have been much better :-) Or Down West Wash like in 04'

[JI7]

12. hopefully he will have at least one more rally there so he can do that

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

13. Did the Obama team plan it; or, did the local officials plan this event?

Is *everything* the fault of Obama?

[MadBadger]

14. LOL, did you really just say that to me? RE: Is everything Obama's fault?

I'm about as loyal to the President as you can get

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

15. I should have used the "sarcasm" emoticon, playing on all the "whining"

threads around these parts...

[karynnj]

24. The photos from the '04 rally were awesome - ther was a sea of people!

[shraby]

11. I plan on watching it. Thanks for the links.

[Uzybone]

16. hehehehe

buck up and vote Feingold in Wisconsin.

Don't let the Eeyores get you down.

[bluestateguy]

17. Indeed

I'd have to think long and hard about voting for any Democrat this year who ran away from the president, or pulled the ole' "scheduling conflict" trick.

[JanetLovesObama]

21. Amen !

Fuck all of 'em. Even Bill White here in Texas. He really lost me on that shenanigan.

[Raine1967]

18. NICE!

So much for all the pearl clutching about Obama and Feingold.

[littlewolf]

19. I don't think the Senate was doing anything today is it ??

[karynnj]

23. Yes - the senate was in session and there were votes.

[littlewolf]

28. important ones or safe ones ... not that it matters at this point ...

[dragonlady]

29. Important, if one opposes outsourcing jobs

However, it still failed to get the "necessary" 60 votes because of Republicans and a few misguided Dems. Even so, it was important for Feingold to be present and vote for it.

[karynnj]

30. There was a bill against the tax code encouraging sending jobs overseas that the Reps filibustered

along with some Democrats. Reid obviously knew that it would fail, but this was a good bill to at least put them on record. Had Feingold NOT voted on that, I assume that his challenger would attack him on not caring enough to stay to make that vote. (Cynically ignoring that it had no chance due to all the Republicans voting against it.) The attack would be arguing that he was not doing his job as well.

[catgirl]

20. Awesome!! n/t

[emulatorloo]

22. Wish I could be there with Russ!

[democracy1st]

25. K & R

[babylonsister]

26. Good to read, thanks. nt

[AtomicKitten]

27. Proud? Damn skippy! nt