His biggest asset is his house in Sun Prairie. Apparently, WI voters (the same ones who will support Obama in November, but supported Walker in the recall, riiiiggght) wanted a Koch-brothers tea bagger instead of Feingold. Peculiar.

Your assertion has no validity. Feingold didn't face Snotty in the recall election, a guy who had already lost to him did.

I know damn well that Feingold didn't lose in a recall election, nor did he ever face Walker. I don't know what you're assuming my assertion is, but to each his own.

We're all wrong sometimes. Don't beat yourself up about it.

.. it was me that conflated two separate races into one. Pardon me while I go do my penance.

being pissy then that's on you.

.. I think you are correct, the backlash is coming. Whether this Nation can survive it, is the open question.

The notion of running for office to serve America, to better your congressional district has flown by the wayside ages ago.
I don't know if we can get people to run for office out of a sense of civic duty any more, but there are things that we must try to do:

Kill Citizens United and dump it next to binLaden.
Publicly fund ALL elections.
No private donations to political candidates period. You can't spend your own money,only public funds
reinstatement of the fairness doctrine and make it applicable to cable and satellite.
Free equal airtime to political candidates.
same day voting registration

modest means and is owned by no one. I don't think Senator Franken is owned by anyone either. There aren't many, but there are some.

There are lots of people in public service who are in it to serve the people.

And no, I'm not.