Wisconsin's Democratic Senator Russ Feingold bucked his own party on bank bailouts and the troop surge in Afghanistan. He was the only vote against the Patriot Act, and he has his name on campaign finance reform. Democrats thought he was independent enough to survive this year's anti-incumbent, anti-Washington sentiment… but maybe not. We hear about jobs and the economy, the President’s unpopularity, anti-incumbent sentiment and a pink marble driveway in Florida.
Key Senate Races Keep Republican Hopes Alive
Credits
Guests:
- Thomas Holbrook - Chair of the Political Science Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Peter Wallsten - Washington Post - @peterwallsten
- Rick Green - Hartford Courant - @CTConfidential
- Marybeth Beller - Professor of Political Science, Marshall University