I wish Russ Feingold was the Senate Majority Leader!

[RiverStone]

I know there is due process and a time for being patient, and I was pleased with the DEMS first 100 hours on The Hill. Though since then I have been feeling a growing frustration over what feels like excessive political tap dancing from our DEM leaders on the Iraq escalation, particularly from Harry Reid. Too much equivocation, too much talk of compromise (over Lieberman threats no less), and action taken only in a non-binding fashion.

Today we are hearing Majority Leader Reid wants to wait on a resolution vote until 9/11 panel recommendations are enacted. We hope the Senate will return to the debate soon? There seems to be a growing disharmony among the DEM ranks and the MSM is doing their best to turn that into talking points.

here:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/27/flailing.over.ir...

I wish Russ Feingold was the leader in the Senate. I know, the rules of seniority, etiquette, or just good-ol-boy politics may not make that practical or possible in the here and now. But if I could enact an immediate shift, it would be to put Russ Feingold as Majority Leader in the Senate (yesterday!). He speaks with a sense of urgency and understanding which reflects the anger and mandate that voters expressed last November on moving toward ending this disastrous war.

It just seems there comes a point in time where one simply says - politics be damned! We are going to do the work of We The People and hold every politician on The Hill accountable to either continue to march our soldiers into a lost cause in Iraq, or have the guts to say ---- enough! Even if we are faced with inevitable rethug filibusters, lets have history hold every member to a binding vote that means something! At least 139 Americans have died in Iraq since the DEMS took over leadership on January 4th, 2007. Yes, we inherited this mess; but when do we DEMS become more culpable for the rising casualty count?

http://icasualties.org/oif /

To quote Russ from 2/16/07:

Mr. President, we are approaching the four-year anniversary of one of the greatest foreign policy mistakes in our country’s history. In March 2003, with the prior authorization of Congress, the President took this country to war in Iraq. Almost four years later, virtually every objective observer – and, more importantly, the American people as a whole – agree that the President’s policy has failed.

Now even the President acknowledges his plan has not’t worked, though his solution is not a new plan but a troop escalation. Of course, sending more troops to implement what is essentially the same flawed strategy makes no sense. And the American people agree that it makes no sense. And most of my colleagues agree that it makes no sense.

So the question becomes, with a President unable or unwilling to fix a flawed policy that is jeopardizing our national security and military readiness, what should we in Congress do about our country’s involvement in this disastrous war? Do we do nothing, and hope that the President will put things right, when he has shown time and time again that he is incapable of doing so? Do we simply tell the President that we are not’t happy with the way the war is going and that we hope he will change course? Or Mr. President do we take strong, decisive action to fix the President’s mistaken, self-defeating policies?

http://feingold.senate.gov/~feingold/statements/07/02/2...

We need this kind of leadership from our Majority Leader! I wish that person was Russ Feingold.





RiverStone

[movonne]

1. I like that idea....the sooner the better..

[hippiechick]

2. I wish Russ Feingold was my husband!

The sooner, the better!

[RiverStone]

5. How about your husband AND our majority leader?

Then think of all the fun you'd have hippiechick!

Might as well shoot for the stars...

[hippiechick]

6. I could be First Lady someday ...

Imagine THAT!

[RiverStone]

7. then after Russ's Presidency...

... you could run for office as 'another former' First Lady (having all that inside Washington experience).

Ladies and gentlemen, President Hippiechick!
...and the First Gentleman, Russ Feingold.

How's that?

Then would you pleeeeeeeeeeze see that Shrub and Shooter are sent to Gitmo?

[hippiechick]

9. oh, the things I would DOOOOOOOOO ...

.. especially with my husband ... JFK's ghost would be so proud !

[Beelzebud]

3. Reid's main mission in life is to keep the powder dry at all costs.

It's why we rolled over on the 2 supreme court nominees.

It's why we are now rolling over on our responsibility to end this madness in Iraq.

Harry Reid is not a good leader. He's weak and ineffective. I've said this for a few years now, and until recently, I was raked over the coals for it. I hope people start to see that while Harry might be a good senator, or a good man, he's not a good leader at all.

[bryant69]

4. Let's be fair though

Its not like if Fiengold were up there he'd have a lot more options than Reid does - the senate is a dead heat, and the only think keeping it Democratic is Lieberman the Turncoat. In that situation, I don't know what Fiengold could do that would be more successful than what Reid is doing.

Bryant
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[dogday]

8. I wish Russ Feingold was also running for President

I would take majority leader at this point... He is the man...