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Move On Makes Feingold Race Top Priority

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Elections
Posted on Wed Sep 29, 2010 at 03:59:13 PM EST
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Good on Move On:

There's no better, more principled Democrat in Washington than Sen. Feingold: The only senator to vote against the PATRIOT Act. A steadfast opponent of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And a passionate crusader against corporate influence in politics. Right now he is down in the polls and in real danger of losing his seat. Can you chip in?

If you don't want to contribute through Move On, give directly to Russ here.

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    Still haven't found any Wisconsin Republicans (5.00 / 1) (#11)
    by Ben Masel on Thu Sep 30, 2010 at 12:43:14 PM EST
    willing to wager serious money on this race, even spotting them a 100,000 vote point spread.

    I noted the new "Wisconsin Voter" blog (none / 0) (#1)
    by Cream City on Wed Sep 29, 2010 at 06:52:26 PM EST
    in an earlier comment a couple of days ago, but amid many comments there.  So I hope that the duplication is okay:

    For those interested in oddities of Wisconsin voting, election schedule, etc. -- the topics of the last two days' posts, including on the recent history of younger voters in midterms in Wisconsin, where they can be a larger factor than elsewhere --  and how these local variables factor into analysis by the top political reporter at the major newspaper in Wisconsin, here's the blog.

    This may be especially useful on election day to recall when trying to figure out what happened. . . .  So many variables differ in Wisconsin and will do so right up to the time that polls close, with same-day voter registration here, for example.  (And I am watching for a repeat of problems in opening polls on time in the primary here, especially a polling place on a campus. . . .)

    Early voting (none / 0) (#2)
    by christinep on Wed Sep 29, 2010 at 07:00:20 PM EST
    'Just read an article about Dems' early voter strategy--emphasizing banking early votes (particularly on campuses)--and how the approach can serve as a useful buffer in difficult situations.  How does that work in Wisconsin? Are you seeing emphasis on "banking votes for Feingold" or something like that?

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    In general, no (none / 0) (#3)
    by NealB on Wed Sep 29, 2010 at 07:31:35 PM EST
    From what I've seen in fairly liberal Shorewood (just north of the UW-Milwaukee campus where many students vote) early voting is discouraged.

    I lived in Seattle, WA from 1998 to 2003 where I learned about the early voting option. My partner and I always got our ballots in the mail, returned them a week or two ahead of election day, and that was that.

    Wisconsin provides for something called permanent absentee voting (effectively the same as vote-by-mail in Washington and other states), but it isn't promoted by either party. All eligible voters in the state are permitted to do it. When we went to the village hall here, the clerk gave us the forms to register for permanent absentee voting, but it's clear we're part of a very small minority that take advantage of it.

    Republicans in Wisconsin hate the idea of vote-by-mail. It would end their ongoing campaign to suppress voting by Democrats. Wisconsin should adopt Oregon's model of nothing-but vote-by-mail. It would increase participation and remove concerns about fraud. I've been back in the state for six years or so, and I haven't figured out why, with a Democratic governor and, over the past few years at least, a Democratic legislature as well, we haven't got that done yet.

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    There is so much that has not (none / 0) (#7)
    by Cream City on Wed Sep 29, 2010 at 08:14:31 PM EST
    gotten done under a Dem governor and Dem legislature -- and so much awful that has been done -- because of too many Dem pols' fixation on the Milwaukee-Madison split that it just makes me sick.

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    See the link; early voting (none / 0) (#5)
    by Cream City on Wed Sep 29, 2010 at 08:10:17 PM EST
    is not easy in Wisconsin, with the late primary -- if you mean absentee ballots?  Sorry; unclear.

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    Voting from Milw. Jail (none / 0) (#4)
    by Ben Masel on Wed Sep 29, 2010 at 07:32:32 PM EST
    I'm trying to find someone to take on ensuring timely delivery of absentee ballots to non-felon inmates.

    In '04, the City Clerk shipped them the last legal day, which would have been okay had not your fake D Sheriff impounded the forms until it was too late to mail them.


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    Ah, he's not "my" sheriff (none / 0) (#6)
    by Cream City on Wed Sep 29, 2010 at 08:12:38 PM EST
    any more than Kohl is your fault.

    The aftereffects of the pension scandal in the county that Dems let happen are still being seen in all of those Republican sorts in office, whether or not they admit that's what they are.

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    Do see the sort of nonsense (none / 0) (#8)
    by Cream City on Wed Sep 29, 2010 at 08:20:36 PM EST
    that is filling our airwaves about Feingold in the latest (the top one) of this daily analyses of campaign claims.

    Soooo looking forward to November 3.

    just what Russ needs? (none / 0) (#9)
    by diogenes on Wed Sep 29, 2010 at 09:56:55 PM EST
    A high profile endorsement from moveon.org is supposed to help Feingold with Independent voters?

    Yeh. Shhhhhhh. (none / 0) (#10)
    by Cream City on Wed Sep 29, 2010 at 10:09:36 PM EST
    Don't let the major paper in the state and the talksquawkers and the legion of loony bloggers and the find out about this, puhleeze.

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    Donated yesterday (none / 0) (#12)
    by Babel 17 on Thu Sep 30, 2010 at 12:49:18 PM EST
    at his website.

    I also endorsed him at his website and that is free.

    "Thank you for taking the time to endorse Russ for reelection. In 2004 Russ's campaign had a total of 7,364 citizen endorsements. Help us quantify the grassroots strength of Russ's campaign by asking your friends and family to endorse Russ for reelection in 2010."

    http://www.russfeingold.org/get-involved/endorse.html

    :hint hint:

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