Reply #28: From a commentary on Feingold's Iraq resolution by Tom Hayden... [View All]

[ClassWarrior]

Feingold’s effort is a work in progress. But already he has ended the silence of the Senate and aligned himself with the grass roots majority. Beyond his Iraq initiative, Feingold represents an attractive, progressive profile in courage on other issues. He consistently opposes his colleagues on trade agreements that lack enforceable worker and environmental protections. He was the only Senator to vote against the Patriot Act. He championed the ban on soft money contributions. He has opposed the death penalty for many years. He fights to reclaim the label “patriot” from the right-wing. He comes from a state with a long history of populism, labor struggles, and isolationism capable of producing both reactionary and progressive populists. He has the qualities of a new Paul Wellstone.

http://blog.pdamerica.org/?p=213

And if you don't know who Tom Hayden is, I'll thank you not to question Feingold's Progressive bona fides.

By the way, unless you live in CA or WI, NEITHER of YOUR senators has yet signed Feingold's Iraq resolution.

NGU.