Elections Blog

Sad news to report from Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI.)

The Wisconsin progressive and one of only a handful of senators to vote against the Iraq war, has decided not to run for president in 2008.
In a letter posted on his website, the Progressive Patriots Fund, Feingold said he was excited that Tuesday’s elections gave Democrats control of [...]

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Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), a potential 2008 presidential candidate, received a raucous and enthusiastic greeting Wednesday from the group "Take Back America."
The same crowd had booed Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) the presumed 2008 front-runner, a day earlier for opposing a set date for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq.
Feingold was the first senator to call for a timetable to bring back [...]

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