Senator Feingold (D-United States Senate) Doesnât Want To Be Called âSenatorâ
Senator Russ Feingold, member of the United States Senate for the 103rd, 104th, 105th, 106th, 107th, 108th, 109th, 110th, and 111th United States Congresses, would prefer voters not refer to him as âSenatorâ for fear that his association with the Senate and Washington, DC could give the impression heâs too much of a DC insider and derail his plans to return⊠to Washington, DC.
The Washington Free Beacon and Milwaukee Journal Sentinelreported on the video clip, which depicted Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairwoman Martha Laning instructing a group of individuals to call Senator Feingold âRuss.â
âNever call him âSenator Feingold.â We are to call him âRuss,'â she said. âThey want us to say âRussâ because the last campaign â it was all about â16 years, 16 years, 16 years, heâs there too long.â And so they want to say, âHeâs just one of us.â We want to go back to Russ being Russ.â
Itâs a minor point, but Feingold served three full terms in the Senate, meaning he was in D.C. for 18 years, not 16.
Laning continued, âSecond one is we never want to say âgo backâ to the Senate. We just want to say âelectingâ him to the Senate. They want to totally get away from all that.â
And according to the Journal Sentinel, Senator Feingoldâs campaign isnât happy about the leaked video:
An insider close to Feingold made it clear that the ex-senatorâs team is none too pleased with the video or Laning, who was elected to the top Dem post in June.
âThis is no time for on-the-job training,â said the source, who asked not to be named because heâs not authorized to speak for the campaign. âIâm pretty certain they donât want Martha Laning to use the words âRuss Feingoldâ ever again.â
Perhaps the Senator should submit a formal resolution to the Wisconsin Democrats to cease and desist this behavior, unbecoming of a United States Senate campaign?