Russ Feingold is an individual with whom I have some familiarity, having had the honor to be a constituent of his for many years. He is exceedingly polite, well mannered, and not given to boastful braggadacio. But in this CNN article that I just read, he says some pretty bold things about his campaign situation:
To wit:
An architect of campaign finance reform, Feingold is being hammered by outside special interest groups running TV ads and billboards opposing his campaign. Johnson is also spending millions of his own fortune on his bid.
"I gotta tell you the history of my races. Every time some super rich guy goes, 'hey Feingold looks like easy pickins,' but they haven't gotten me yet. And they're not gonna get me this time," Feingold said.
The story is at http://www.cnn.com/... , so I take it that it is several days old.
I'm not in Wisconsin now, so I wonder what the feeling is on the ground. I'm counting on Russ, as always, but even the best hopes sometimes fail.