Feingold not challenging Obama in 2012, spokesman says

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1110/Feingold_wont_challenge_Obama_in_12.html?showall

Defeated Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold, who considered a White House bid in 2008 and would be the most plausible candidate on Obama's left flank, has "no interest" in such a challenge, his spokesman said today.

"While a lot of other Democrats ran away from their support for the Recovery Act and health insurance reform, Russ Feingold didn't, he stood by those votes and President Obama's effort to do the right thing," said spokesman John Kraus in an email. "I would chalk up any Beltway chatter about Russ running against President Obama as simply Washington getting wee-wee'd up on the first day of new election cycle that is two years away."

Feingold "has no interest in challenging President Obama in 2012," Kraus said.

Feingold/Franken would make me give a shit again.

As it stands now, I am fucking done.

Slacker. :hi:

My spirit is officially broken. I just cannot give a shit at the moment. Wisconsin got fucked. And we lost Russ. That literally brings me to tears. If a man like Feingold can lose to THAT FUCKING MORON...THAT goddamned idiot - I give up giving a shit.

At least for a bit.

I need to heal.

Sorry to come across as insensitive but there are ways to cope other than calling for the Democratic President to be primaried.

It may have come accross that way, but I really am not.

Just sad... really fucking sad. :(

I would contribute $$ and vote for him over Obama. Too goddamned bad.

...there WILL be a primary challenger. If not Feingold, someone else.

Why else is he sitting on millions in campaign cash?

that will get him elected. And he will probably say that because those family values and common sense are Hoosier family values and common sense that he is the right choice. I wonder how many voters will get pissed off at him for suggesting that he is better than everyone else?

I bet more and more of his supporters in Indiana throughout his political life have gotten pissed off at him.

When Bayh talks most people would be more likely to want to switch channels so they don't fall asleep listening to the drone coming from his mouth.

Obama didn't declare his candidacy immediately either.

"Democrats ran away from their support for the Recovery Act and health insurance reform, Russ Feingold didn't, he stood by those votes and President Obama's effort to do the right thing"

Appears Feingold is proud of those efforts.

He a good high school teachers.