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January 12, 2006BELTWAY BLOGROLL
In The Blog's-Eye: Lobbying Feingold Over Alito
From the perspective of MyDD blogger Chris Bowers, Sen. Russ Feingold may be the key to defeating the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito.
Feingold, D-Wis., is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Bowers said Democrats on the panel need to stay unified in voting against Alito if the party is to have any hope of defeating him. Feingold has won plenty of praise from bloggers of late -- especially for his fight against the USA PATRIOT Act -- but his loyalty to the netroots party line on Alito is in doubt because of Feingold's earlier vote for the nomination of now-Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.
John Nichols of The Online Beat dubbed that decision the "most disappointing vote" of the Roberts confirmation battle. But Bowers, in Washington this week for the Alito hearings, chatted briefly with Feingold and hinted that he may be less enthused with Alito.
"He told me that he has not reached the same comfort level with Alito that he had reached with Roberts at this point in time," Bowers said. "He also told me that he would be going back to Wisconsin to talk with constituents before he decided how he was going to vote. ... Use this thread to send a message to Senator Feingold. I now know that he reads at least some comment threads here at MyDD, so I have a feeling you can reach him."
A few readers did just that. But one posted a message that Bowers may not want Feingold to hear: "Vote your conscience. ... Think it through, and if you come to the conclusion that he's acceptable, I won't have any less respect or admiration for you."
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