Finally!

Ryan vs. Fiengold?

I remember in the beginning of his term his support of such things as Welfare reform, A Balance budget. He Voted to do away with the marriage penalty and was in favor of the creation of individual, private savings accounts to supplement Social Security. He even voted once to reduce taxes. 2001
But that was all along long time ago.
Has anyone even heard him talk or for that matter seen the man in the last 10 years?
In the end he just turned out to be another empty suit taking up space and voting the liberal party line.
Never cared for his views and I am glad he is finally going away.
Let’s hope we can get someone in there that will represent our state the way it should be and not another party Hack
Russ has got to be drooling at the mouth.

I forgot one very important point.
Russ maybe drooling but by the time this election comes into play Voter ID will be required.
So good luck with that Russ, the snow ball just melted.

When I met Kohl he came across as cold and dismissive to many of the people that
were surrounding him . As the only opposition in that group I found it sad that he did
not treat his sheep better . He was so distant that he creeped me out to this day I
still get chills when I think of him . As for Feingold I liked him .I never met him but
he seemed decent many years ago . I do not know what happened to him but he
became undeserving .

My roommate in college ran Si Bidwell's campaign for the Assembly. His opponent? None other then 29 year old, Harvard grad, Russ Feingold. I met Russ at the Hartland Fourth of July parade some years ago and we talked about that time. At one time, I believed that Feingold was one of the best politicians in the country. Even though I disagreed with him on almost every major issue, I like him. But in the past 3-4 years he has become what almost all politicians eventually become, a total arrogant hack. He may run but he's not a shoe-in. He will most likely be involved in a primary and ole Russ may not like explaining himself. In the end it will be his same tired liberal ideas that will do him in.

Oh yeah, all that mythical voter fraud perpetrated by the Democrats will be a thing
of the past. Thank God!

NPelosi.
Nice to see your coming around finally.
We all grow out of it sometime in life some later than others.
I agree with you 100%

Herb Kohl. Nobody's senator... period.

Can anyone name anything besides the Naval contract that Herb was instrumental in?

If RussRuss the lap dog really wants to run, he won't have to face a primary.

Herb did a couple of things( I agreed with some of them ) I am finally hard pressed
to remember them tho .

reformed trucker, whose lapdog is Russ Feingold? I trust no one is going to claim it's corporations.

He voted against the financial reform bill, as he felt it was too weak to have any effect.

He championed campaign finance and clean government. I understand wanting the right to spend as you desire to promote your views, but there are certainly negative aspects as well. Corruption happens, and Russ Feingold opposed that.

He supported a line-item veto even when President Bush was in office. Co-sponsored a bill with Paul Ryan for that one.

As far as conservatives protecting your privacy and rights, perhaps we should look for someone who opposed expanding executive authority to pry into our lives. Or at least voted to take away such privileges years later. In the Wisconsin delegation, guess we're still on Mr. Feingold. Both our Senators voted for reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act in February.

Russ Feingold lost, in part, because he ran on his actual record (pro-Obamacare) in a year when the way Obamacare was passed left a bad taste in everyone's mouth. Also because Ron Johnson ran a campaign against Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid rather than against the record of the incumbent he managed to unseat.

Accuse him of grandstanding (maybe). Accuse him of being an "über-leftie" (socially, perhaps... fiscally and on guns, definitely not). Disagree with his politics, fine. But lapdog? Certainly not.

But you're right... Herb Kohl never did too much with his Senate seat.

Wisconsin had a Senator named Herb Kohl ?? I thought we had only one Senator for these past 12 years.

After almost 24 years as a United States senator, Herb Kohl states: "The office doesn't belong to me. It belongs to the people of Wisconsin, and there is something to be said for not staying in office too long...." Right, Herb. You reach this conclusion after only 24 years....

Anyhow, what I find really amusing is the quote in an article in the 5/14 Journal/Sentinel: "Kohl's longtime Madison-based pollster Paul Maslin termed Kohl "an overwhelming favorite to be re-elected." Oh, really. How about asking Russ Finkgold about that?

Of course many names are popping up already of who will run to replace Kohl. Paul Ryan will not. If anything, Ryan would (and should!) run for President before he'd take a step down from his position as a congressman to become a senator. Mark Neumann or Mark Green might have good chances. Tammy Baldwin has been suggested as a Democratic rep, but the only ones who would vote for her live in the People's Republic of Madison. She wouldn't have a chance - thank goodness!

Kohl's retirement really throws a kink in the mix, and a good kink at that. 2012 is shaping up to be a very interesting political race. And with Voter ID in place, we could see an actual honest election in Wisconsin for the first time in many years!

I think that acorn and others are printing fake ID's as we speak . lol... not
sincere . As for complaining about corporations trying to get deals . Well guys that
is what corporations do ! We should have accountability with the legislature and
when a corporation is introduced in to the system that senator who brings them in
will be held accountable for the actions of the corporation for life . That would
help to reduce the amount of stupid ideas coming forth . Punishments should
include loss of pensions,pay,benefits and such . Then the legislature would have
skin in the process . By the way when they vote on healthcare and such the
people voting should be held to what they voted for ! Those special benefits they
have are over the top . Granted this is not the only way to help this process out
what are some of your ideas ?

Breaking news irked;

On November 2, 2010, ACORN filed for Chapter 7 liquidation, effectively closing the organization.
As part of a re-branding effort by ACORN leadership, ACORN International changed its name in 2010 to Community Organizations International. As part of the effort by some chapters to stay afloat by severing ties with the national organization, California ACORN changed its name to Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, New York ACORN renamed itself New York Communities for Change, and an offshoot of the ACORN organization called Acorn Housing changed its name to Affordable Housing Centers of America yet has retained the same tax and employee identification numbers that it held under its former name.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Community_Organizations_for_Reform_Now

Minty . That is very old news ! I use the term Acorn for you and others to keep up
since you thought that was breaking news it just proves my point . So just for you
Minty ,I will continually use Acorn to keep the un-American factions bound
together ,so as to make it simple for some to understand . Remember (A Rose by
any other name ?) . lol..... Did you really think it was breaking news . By the way
the few times that I have heard the Glenn Beck show one of them informed me of
this behavior by the corrupt Acorn group last Year . I am sure a PDLS told us that
it was a lie back then also ! lol........ Minty .

"the few times that I have heard the Glenn Beck show one of them informed me of this behavior by the corrupt Acorn group last Year."

See? You cant go wrong from a fair-and-balanced, non MSM source!! Now , about that Nazi sympathizer George Soros.....

@ Irked - I suppose you think the shenigans that played out in Waukesha county recently are just dandy too? How dare you make accusations against ACORN! Have you ever stepped outside of your comfortable suburban dome to help others? I suppose not. All of you are racist pigs.

Cindy . What ? Do you mean that Kloppenberg woman trying to disenfranchise the
voters ? No I think she is corrupt . Cindy . You do realize that the us government
has decided to defund Acorn last year for their repeated criminal activity ?
Seriously you did not know that ? lol... You are just to informed ! another PDLS
who does not follow the news .Also Cindy I have been stepping out of my fortress
of serenity for many years donating my time helping others in many different
factions ! lol... But I bet you do not !! Since the government defunded many parts
of Acorn they started to change their names so they can continue to screw the
USAmerican people with their corruption ! Explain the defunding guys ? Since I
know the uninformed will assume I am lying . lol.....

Better yet if Acorn was so benevolent why are they changing their name to other
names ?