I've been a member of the Daily Kos community for a pretty long while now, and one thing that has remained constant has been criticism of the media. In particular, we've been pissed with the people representing Democrats on all the Sunday talk shows. It's always Joe Lieberman or Joe Biden - rarely a Democrat who represents the progressive/reform wing of the Democratic party.
Well, now that's beginning to change. As Democrats score victories on major policy matters, those who've spent the past years fighting are becoming the defining voices of the party. Lately, that role has fallen to Senator Feingold.
Well, I just got an e-mail from his Progressive Patriots Fund suggesting that things are finally changing.
Tommorow, Senator Feingold will be on "Good Morning America" and CNN's "Late Edition" at approximately 10:25 am central time.
As more people see him, hopefully more will agree that he should be President in 2008.
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But, thats not all. The e-mail goes on to point out that the Senator has recently been on CNN, CBS Evening News, CBS Radio, NBC Nightly News, MSNBC, and ABC World News Tonight.
When AP/CNN needed a rebuttal to the President's radio address, they turned to Russ Feingold.
"If that's true, he doesn't need the Patriot Act because he can just make it up as he goes along. I tell you, he's President George Bush, not King George Bush. This is not the system of government we have and that we fought for,"
Slowly but surely, Senator Feingold is becoming one of the main Democratic leaders. He hasn't done it by selling anyone out. He hasn't done it by just voting for whatever the netroots want. And, he hasn't done it by pandering to any group. Instead, he's stood up and fought for what he believes is right.
Along the way, he's proving that you can be rewarded for doing the right thing.
AP Article:
"People don't go to the well of the Senate and become the only senator to vote against something called the 'USA Patriot Act' five weeks after 9/11 because they're trying to get ready to run for president," Feingold said.
But four years later, during visits to the presidential proving grounds of New Hampshire and Iowa, Feingold says there's evidence his position has resonated with more than just the Democratic base.
"It's something that people like about me," he said. "We'll see where it goes."
It's this type of leadership that makes me believe he will be our next President.
