Run, Russ, Run!!!

Senator Russ Feingold, progressive from Wisconsin, lost his Senate race last night after 18 years in the Senate.

Feingold, one of the true progressives in the Democratic Party, has been an outspoken critic of the overseas wars, the Patriot Act, gov't by, for and of the corporations, and NCLB.

Now some political prognosticators wonder if he will run for president in 2012:

William Kristol: "Russ Feingold, now freed of his Senate responsibilities, is liberated to consider a Gene McCarthy-like run against the president in the 2012 primaries on an end-the-war platform -- pre-empting Howard Dean, who is undoubtedly also considering such an effort."

Interestingly, Ben Smith notes that at the conclusion of Feingold's concession speech, he says, "It's on to our next adventure. It's on to 2012! Forward!"

Granted, Kristol is a wingnut who wants to see an intraparty chellenge to weaken Obama for 2012, so we ought to take what he says about Dems with a grain of salt.

But I would LOVE to see Feingold run a primary against Obama.

Maybe then Obama wouldn't be so quick to take liberals, union members and teachers for granted.

Maybe then Obama would govern more progressively rather than govern as a corporatist.

So I say, run, Russ, run!!!

Feingold in 2012.

Primary Obama 2012.