Shakes here, doing the salon thing and responding to Neil’s piece, below.
As a piece of personal political strategy, it was pretty darned good. I just wish Russ Feingold would just use that sort of smart tactical thinking on behalf of his party, and his country, rather than himself.
I certainly don't disagree with the sentiment behind this statement, although I believe it's predicated on an assumption that the Democrats are genuinely interested in getting behind smart tactical thinking of a bold nature—of which I've seen precious little evidence lately. I'm not convinced (though I'm open to persuasion) that, had Feingold gone through Harry Reid, he would have ended up with “a bunch of Democrats standing behind him.” I get the sense, instead, that he would have been roundly discouraged from pursuing this strategy altogether.
