Russ Feingold Not Running In 2012

Source: Huffington Post

WASHINGTON -- Dashing the hopes of many Wisconsin progressives, former Democratic senator Russ Feingold announced on Friday that he will not be running for the state's open U.S. Senate seat or governorship in 2012.

The news went out in an email message sent to Wisconsin supporters of Progressives United, his political action committee (PAC), and was first reported by Craig Gilbert of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

"While I may seek elective office again someday, I have decided not to run for public office during 2012," said Feingold.

"This was a difficult decision, as I thoroughly enjoyed my tenure in both the State Senate and the U.S. Senate, and I know that progressives are eager to reverse some of the outrageous policies being pursued by corporate interests at both the state and federal levels. I am also well aware that I have a very strong standing in the polls should I choose to run again for the U.S. Senate or in a recall election for governor. After twenty-eight continuous years as an elected official, however, I have found the past eight months to be an opportunity to look at things from a different perspective."


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for 2016 :(

:hippie:

Assuming a recall of course.

He seems to be rejecting that as well.

"I have decided not to run for public office during 2012"

Good luck Wisconsin.

Russ has served a long time in government and from what I have read is he enjoys teaching @ Marquette
and the life he is living now and I wish him well.

I think the nomination would have easily been his, as he would have been the heavyweight progressive in the race. He would have inherited Howard Dean's base and then some.

Instead, we were left with the top tier being the centrist Hillary, the phony Edwards and the unknown Obama (who we all hoped was a progressive.)
Given the resentment at Bush and the right, it still amazes me that our 2008 field was so lacking in progressive names.

It's not like Kucinich ran or anything... oh, yeah. Feingold would never get the nomination, because the media picks the candidates, not the voters. That's why we're not now in the middle of the second Dean term.

But to be fair, he is not a presidential winner, and should not, barring a catastrophic restructuring of American politics, be considered a serious presidential contender. He isn't pretty/charismatic and he isn't a jingoist warmonger and he doesn't have corporate money behind him. And you have to have at least one, preferably all three, of those to win the presidency in today's USA.

when he feels ready. We sure do need him!

We can only hope....

Thanks for nothing, Russ. Your talk truly is cheap.

about losing another seat. Just another reason why the left needs to stop the crap and start looking at down ticket elections seriously..... :shrug:

The Republicans are, well, Republicans.

And too many Democrats are in the New Democrat Coalition.

(Don't blame me. They're the ones who called it the New Democrat Coalition, not the New Democratic Coalition.)

he also announced today that he would be working the reelect Obama 2012.

he is really overrated. he is a fiscal conservative that supported Obama in 2008 too.