Feingold considering a run but...

[Keystone Phil]

He doesn't sound like someone that's thrilled about running: "For me the question right now is whether it's a good idea for me to go back into this sort of life." He also said he'll make a decision by Labor Day.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/06/03/feingold_mulling_another_senate_bid.html

[tmthforu94]

I think the only way he'll run is if it looks like he's the Democrats only shot at winning this seat. That being said, I don't think he'll run.

[Landslide Lyndon]

He seems to be more interested in running against Walker.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Why cant people accept the fact that Feingold lost and is old news. His political career just wont die!

[Keystone Phil]

Why cant people accept the fact that Feingold lost and is old news. His political career just wont die!

Yeah, really. He lost re-election by eighteen poin...wait...wrong guy.

[King]

Why cant people accept the fact that Feingold lost and is old news. His political career just wont die!

Feingold is popular and still likely to win.  He's not some has been like Tommy Thompson.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Why cant people accept the fact that Feingold lost and is old news. His political career just wont die!

Yeah, really. He lost re-election by eighteen poin...wait...wrong guy.

Can we please have a thread without mentioning Santorum?

[King]

Rick Santorum.

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

Why cant people accept the fact that Feingold lost and is old news. His political career just wont die!

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion
of Russ Feingold?

Favorable .............. 51%
Unfavorable........... 38%

[Keystone Phil]

Why cant people accept the fact that Feingold lost and is old news. His political career just wont die!

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion
of Russ Feingold?

Favorable .............. 51%
Unfavorable........... 38%

You forgot "Rick Santorum" who polled at 74% when respondents were given his name as a third option to that question.

[King]

Speaking of Wisconsin, if the Illinois GOP lured Rick Santorum to run for Senate, would he do better or worse against Dick Durbin than a real Illannoyan?  

It would be a similar strategy to 2004:  Keyes was selected to run against Obama because they are both black while Santorum would yang perfectly to yin Durbin because they're both Dicks.

[specific_name]

Why cant people accept the fact that Feingold lost and is old news. His political career just wont die!

His political capital is hardly expended and is a favorite of the left, in a state where buyers remorse is setting in big time. Sorry but it's unlikely people will simple ignore a viable candidate for the senate or governorship just because he narrowly lost in a Republican wave year.

[Badger]

I was on record as unenthused about a Feingold comeback considering he's never been electorally secure, and likely would be vulnerable in another inevitable bad year for Dems, but his polling numbers are head and shoulders above the rest of the WI Dem bench for the seat. Most other candidates would result in a toss-up/lean Dem election, IIRC, and likely front-runner for the nomination Tammy Baldwin would make it a true toss-up (as much for her hard liberalism as her sexual orientation, IMHO; she'd be the penultimate "Madison liberal" for Republicans to campaign against).