I’ve been watching the train wreck that is the Wisconsin Senate race with growing dismay. I checked the box next to Russ Feingold’s name in the 1992 election, just after I turned 18. He sent me a congratulatory note when I graduated from law school, which surprised and delighted me. And now it looks like he’ll lose to a know-nothing businessman with a lot of money and anger. Unlike a lot of Democrats up for election this year, he hasn’t tried to run away from Democratic accomplishments or give the cold shoulder to the President. It’s just bad luck that his number came up in a year when the economy has turned Wisconsin voters into frightened reactionaries. The Senate can ill afford to lose one its few truly progressive voices, considering that Bernie Sanders isn’t getting any younger.
