Legal Commentary

Feingold: Don't Blame Lieberman, Blame Obama

By Big Tent Democrat

Via Glenn Greenwald, Russ Feingold lets one slip:

"This bill appears to be legislation that the president wanted in the first place, so I don’t think focusing it on Lieberman really hits the truth," said Feingold.

Probably true. Here's a little focus on Feingold though - what was he doing to stop this capitulation? He helped nobody by his undermining of the reconciliation strategy. It's great that Feingold has his "noble principles," but what exactly did he do to forward them? Not that much really. Same for Sherrod Brown and all of Ezra's heroes. Lose the war and be crowned a King by the Village. Sheesh.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on December 16, 2009 (boomark / email).