http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters?bid=45&pid=289055
Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold, a progressive icon who briefly considered seeking the Democratic presidential nomination himself, said he voted in Tuesday's Wisconsin primary for Barack Obama.
Asked directly about his choice, Feingold answered directly.
"I voted for Barack Obama," said the senator, who indicated that he was "extremely likely" to cast his superdelegate vote at the Democratic National Convention for his colleague from Illinois.
Feingold is still blunt about his differences on particular issues -- such as trade policy -- with both of the remaining Democratic candidates.
"I said I would be highly likely to vote (as a superdelegate) for anybody who did very, very well in Wisconsin," said Feingold, who noted that Obama won 58 percent of the vote in the state and carried 62 of 72 counties.
But this is not merely an attempt by the senator who cast a lonely vote against the Patriot Act in 2001, proposed the first timeline for bringing the troops home from Iraq and sought to censure President Bush over the warrantless wiretapping program, to reflect his state's sentiments.
"I really do think that, at the gut level, this is a chance to do something special," Feingold said of the Obama campaign and the potential of an Obama presidency, which he said has "enormous historical opportunities for America and for our relationship with the world."
__._,_.___ Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold, a progressive icon who briefly considered seeking the Democratic presidential nomination himself, said he voted in Tuesday's Wisconsin primary for Barack Obama.
Asked directly about his choice, Feingold answered directly.
"I voted for Barack Obama," said the senator, who indicated that he was "extremely likely" to cast his superdelegate vote at the Democratic National Convention for his colleague from Illinois.
Feingold is still blunt about his differences on particular issues -- such as trade policy -- with both of the remaining Democratic candidates.
"I said I would be highly likely to vote (as a superdelegate) for anybody who did very, very well in Wisconsin," said Feingold, who noted that Obama won 58 percent of the vote in the state and carried 62 of 72 counties.
But this is not merely an attempt by the senator who cast a lonely vote against the Patriot Act in 2001, proposed the first timeline for bringing the troops home from Iraq and sought to censure President Bush over the warrantless wiretapping program, to reflect his state's sentiments.
"I really do think that, at the gut level, this is a chance to do something special," Feingold said of the Obama campaign and the potential of an Obama presidency, which he said has "enormous historical opportunities for America and for our relationship with the world."
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