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2016 Postmortem

marasinghe

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6. that's what a number of us were wondering.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Thu Jun 7, 2012, 01:16 AM

Jun 2012

guess the fact of Russ Feingold losing his seat in the last election should have been a reminder & a warning to us that -
the US electorate has the enlightened self-interest and common sense of the apocryphal swan-dive of lemmings into fjords.
at least Russ has the intelligence not to put himself at the electoral mercy of a mob of sheep being led to slaughter.

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Why wasn't Tammy Baldwin, or better still, Russ Feingold, the recall candidate? [View all] KamaAina Jun 2012 OP

Feingold is on the POTUS reelection team as a campaign co-chair. MADem Jun 2012 #1

Last I checked Baldwin is running for the Senate. DURHAM D Jun 2012 #3

I hope her seat goes to a Dem! nt MADem Jun 2012 #4

Her seat is in a heavily democratic district and will go democratic. WI_DEM Jun 2012 #9

.... MADem Jun 2012 #12

Because neither Tammy Baldwin nor Russ Feingold won the recall primary, right? TheDebbieDee Jun 2012 #2

Kidding, right? mahina Jun 2012 #5

that's what a number of us were wondering. marasinghe Jun 2012 #6

Because they didn't want to lose? MrSlayer Jun 2012 #7

Feingold was asked many times, but he didn't want to--Baldwin running for Senate. WI_DEM Jun 2012 #8

If Feingold couldn't retain his Senate seat in WI frazzled Jun 2012 #10

Actually, I thought the problem was that we had the same candidate who had just been beaten KamaAina Jun 2012 #11

A loss (especially a narrow one) isn't a referendum on one's entire career Hippo_Tron Jun 2012 #14

Maybe they didn't want it. JNelson6563 Jun 2012 #13