MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Former Wisconsin senator Russ Feingold issued Democrats a dire warning at the annual Netroots Nation conference here on Thursday, saying the party was in danger of losing its "soul" if it accepts corporate contributions in the 2012 elections ( Read more... )

A new survey of Wisconsin from Public Policy Polling (D) finds some good news for Democrats in their efforts to take control of the state Senate in the upcoming recall elections, in a backlash against Gov. Scott Walker's (R) anti-public employee union legislation: The state's voters want to recall Walker -- and they would rather have the Democrats ( Read more... )

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WASHINGTON -- When some senators retire, they decide to take lucrative lobbying jobs. Others go straight to Wall Street. But Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold, who lost his re-election bid in November, is continuing on his principled -- and often lonely -- path by starting an organization to combat corporate influence in politics, an effort he ( Read more... )

I always wondered if John McCain would comment on the Wisconsin Senate race, given his long-standing friendship with Feingold. Today he delivered a speech that went much further than the typical collegial comments expected at the end of an election:

Mr. President, I want to say a few words about a friend and colleague, whom I will miss very much ( Read more... )

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Wisconsin's U.S. Senate race seems to boil down to the question of who's more qualified: a three-term incumbent or a manufacturer who's never held public office but has 30 years of business experience ( Read more... )

A victim of pedophilia is calling on a Senate candidate from Wisconsin to speak out against the Catholic church diocese where his abuse occurred ( Read more... )

Middleton, Wisconsin
Traveling Companion: Jim Pinkerton
Event: Russ Feingold interviewHere's something I've been noticing: more than a few Republicans don't want to come out and play this year. Couldn't find hide nor hair of Pat Toomey, the Senate candidate in Pennsylvania (and I offered to visit him during the week before the road trip began). ( Read more... )

Asked where he comes down on the proposal to build a mosque and community center near the site of the World Trade Center attacks, Russ Feingold said it's tragic there isn't a proper memorial at the site ( Read more... )

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Feingold Hits Obama’s Intel Chief: You’re Wrong, CIA Officials May Have Broken Law


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