Feingold Shows There Is A Better Way

Sen. Russ Feingold's (D) op-ed today in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune provides a nice contrast to all the things I've been saying about the corrosive effect of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) on the Democratic Party. Whereas the DLC has spent years using corporate money to Republicanize the Democratic Party, Feingold has been one of the loudest Senate voices for reforming this corrupt system. And his legislation to crackdown on the all-too-close relationship between lobbyists and politicians of both parties is a courageous move that challenges the seemingly intractable hold that Corporate America has over the Washington, D.C. Establishment. It is a move that echoes what reformers like Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D) and New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch (D) have tried to do on a state level, and it this kind of populism - not more corporate cronyism - that is going to bring Democrats back to the majority in 2006, and could make Feingold a strong darkhorse in 2008.

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