Assuming [former Senator Russ] Feingold runs -- and we assume he does -- Sen. Ron Johnson (R) is in deep trouble. The only two polls conducted in this race show Feingold with leads of nine and 16 points, which is a very tough place for any incumbent to start. Republicans' best hope may be that Feingold ran an atrocious campaign against Johnson -- when the Democrat was the incumbent -- in 2010, and maybe he will do the same again this time. (Previous ranking: 3)Do you remember what was "atrocious" about Feingold's campaign in 2010? I don't. I had to go back into my archive to see what I noticed at the time. I found this post about an early October debate between Feingold and Johnson, where both candidates were asked how close they were to be the beliefs of the Tea Party: "Watch Russ Feingold confidently assert that he represents Tea Party values."
Going back into September, I see that Feingold decided to distance himself from the Democrats. He had an ad that showed him eating alone because he had no friends in Washington. And when President Obama came to Madison to do a huge rally, it was questionable whether Feingold would even show up:
The media had predicted Feingold wouldn’t show up at the event, suggesting he didn’t want to be tied to the increasingly unpopular Obama. You wouldn’t know it from his passionate speech. “I’ll tell you something, Mr. President,” he booms, “you are my friend!”Atrocious?
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Ron Johnson has already gotten swishy. I like Feingold-decent man-but he has been divorced twice, which I don't approve.
I have a question.
There is a chinese guy (Harvard Phd/Scientist Biogen Idec)
His parents, from China, have been living with him the past year. They obviously have some serios medical issues. They sometimes walk around the block carrying a empty plastic gallon-like a milk can. The father walks kind of wobbly. Numerous types I walk into the parking lot and he is pissing in the gallon while she holds his wee wee. And sometimes they leave the gallon, with piss in it, near the mailboxes.
My question is how is their health bills paid?
That's a pretty good litmus test.
Ask: Would you vote for Barack Obama, if you had it to do over?
A 'yes' answer is unquestionably 'atrocious'.
Why is Johnson down so far in the polls?
He's GOP. We'll see who turns up to vote in 2 years.
I would think the pundits would ease up on Wisconsin.
Not much of a track record.
It seems to me that the way you beat Russ "No Skeltons" Feingold is to tie the Ambassador tightly to HRC's corrupt State Department.
If it waddles like a duck . . .
"Back to the future" OR "The Future Is Ass Backwards"?
"Atrocious campaign" is the new "I don't know anyone who voted for..."
When a Republican candidate wins in a solidly Democratic state, what other possible explanation can there be aside from an atrociously run campaign by the Dem?
If you start to look for other options, you might be in danger of noticing that Republicans actually have policy positions or arguments, rather than simply being insane-evil-stupid-haters.
Solidly democratic state!
Funny, wasn't 2010 when republicans swept every major Wisconsin race from state to federal? I keep hearing about how deep blue we are but I don't see it.
Did Feingold even campaign in 2010? He didn't much for events and did not seem to try that hard to be reelected.
After 5 years, the amount of people who know Ron Johnson is our Senator is quite low. Perhaps he can get the partisan right, but no one else has heard of anything useful the guy did. At least Tammy was involved enough in the Tomah VA to have made a mistake. Johnson didn't do a thing until the story made news ...
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