Feingold Praises Murkowski
You see the tips of my fingers creep over the edge of the desk. Slowly you begin to see the top of my head, and soon you can see my eyes, and my nose resting on the surface – kind of like Kilroy in the days of yore, only looking from side to side, and a little freaked out.
Something strange is going on. Very, very strange.
Earlier this week, we gave kudos to one Lisa Murkowski, Alaska’s Republican Senator. We’re not used to doing that, but let it not be said that we do not give credit where credit is due. But it’s a little unnerving when we have to do that twice in one week. However, in the interest of sticking to our guns (as it were) on this point, we are prepared to toss another garland at Senator Murkowski.
At least we are in good company. It’s hard to go wrong with your garland tossing when you’re standing next to Russ Feingold.
Or as Rachel Maddow might say: Russ Feingold… Former Senator Russ Feingold… Former Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold… Russ Feingold, the only Senator to vote against the Patriot Act… Russel D. Feingold of the Badger State… Russ Feingold of McCain-Feingold. That Russ Feingold. When that Russ Feingold, the Russ Feingold of campaign finance reform, when THAT Russ Feingold throws a garland at someone over campaign finance reform, that’s a pretty big deal.
Murkowski deserves kudos for sponsoring legislation that would require any campaign organization that laid out more than $500 for federal political activity to disclose who its donors are, and to do that “in real time.”
When Senate Majority Leader and Turtle-in-Chief Mitch McConnell threw Lisa under the bus to support Joe Miller, Murkowski ran a historic write-in campaign and won re-election without them, assisted by the deep pockets of Alaska Native corporations. She claimed that the win would un-shackle her, and Independents and Democrats have been waiting for the “unshackling.” Hopefully this is the direction of things to come.