Feingold, unlike Tommy, is for real

Jessica McBride finds one '08 poll that doesn't include Sen. Russ Feingold and concludes that "Bigtime pollsters don't even think he's worth asking about, apparently."

The same poll by FOX said 58% of Americans, not the left wing fringe of the Democratic party, are "fed up" with the War in Iraq, including 59% of independents.

In June, Feingold introduced a resolution, the first of its kind in the Senate, that calls for the President to clarify the military mission in Iraq, lay out a plan and timeframe for accomplishing that mission, and publicly articulate a plan for American troops to return home. In August Feingold again jump started the discussion by becoming the first member of the U.S. Senate to propose a target date to finish the mission in Iraq – December 31, 2006.

Says McBride: "Maybe the media here is making way too big of a deal of his national aspirations because he's the local guy" For a minute I thought she must be talking about Tommy Thompson, whose unrealized presidential aspirations took off like a dead crow last time, despite the Wisconsin media coverage that made him look like a serious candidate. The difference is that when you're with some non-Badgers and see Feingold on TV you don't have to apologize.