tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21506744.post116335137946401167..comments2023-10-20T03:14:04.776-07:00Comments on Vichy Democrats: "A Genuinely Different Democratic Party"M.S. Bellows, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05329189103861162611noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21506744.post-1163354625835134142006-11-12T10:03:00.000-08:002006-11-12T10:03:00.000-08:00So the best reason to see him run would be to push...<I>So the best reason to see him run would be to push the discussion to the left -- to raise progressive issues and positions during the Presidential debates and force the other candidates to address them. And that would have been a very good thing.</I><BR/><BR/>Earlier in your post, you mention the reason his campaign would be such an enormous burden for such a sublimely qualified candidate: The #1 issue on the Democratic Agenda should - and unequivocally <I>won't</I> - be Campaign Finance Reform. <BR/><BR/>An unsuccessful race would ruin him financially which would have the added detriment of making it financially more difficult for him to run a successful Senatorial reelection campaign in 2010.<BR/><BR/>I think Feingold would indeed make a great President; an opinion which has changed since as recently as the start of this year. I also strongly support his decision not to run. <BR/><BR/>Glad to see you gettin' back in the posting fray, T2.Michael Bainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13734972725056899460noreply@blogger.com