Polls have shown Feingold (right) is in a very competitive re-election race. (Tom Williams/Roll Call)
The anti-Democratic mood of the electorate may finally be catching up to Sen. Russ Feingold, the three-term Wisconsin Democrat who has made a career of positioning himself as something of a political outsider. He was, for instance, the lone Democrat in the Senate to vote against the new financial regulation legislation.
The economy is weak and the public is angry. What should President Barack Obama do? He could do what Richard Nixon did: Go to China.
