50 states plus 72 counties for Feingold?
The most likely reason Sen. Russ Feingold won't run for president in 2008: His pledge, which he has kept faithfully since taking office in 1993, to visit all 72 Wisconsin counties every year for town meetings.
He held his 900th Sunday in Winnecone. It is great for keeping in touch with the folks back home, and his annual presence in every nook and cranny in the state no doubt helped him in his relatively easy re-election campaign last year.
But Feingold also talks about a 50-state effort for Democrats to win the presidency.
Seventy-two Wisconsin counties and 49 other states sounds a little ambitious, even for Feingold. Florence County, Wisconsin and Chickasaw County, Mississippi? Pity the scheduler -- or the candidate -- who tries it. Do you think the Wisconsin voters would give him a reprieve for a year in 2008?
posted by xoff @ 1:20 PM
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Wow do I hope he runs. I have no doubt he has duped Wisconsin into thinking he isn't a radical leftist, but the rest of the country won't buy it, all they ahve to go on are his votes.
It would be a great state footnote and trivial pursuit question; (Who is the only state to vote for Russ Feingold in 2008 presidential election?)
Obviously that is an exaggeration since the country has gotten more polarized, New York and Mass will vote for anyone with a D next to their name, even if they happen to drive someone into a river.
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