A day late but not a dollar short: You & Russ are fools for thinking Obama deserves ANY credit for THE accomplishment of Seal Team Six.
Exactly what did Obama do for the the team that allows you two to extol Obama over Bush.

Some shameless promotion, but it's free and open to the public::

Russ Feingold is talking at the New School on Wednesday, February 22, at 6:00pm in the Tishman Auditorium at 66 West 12th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues. (Visit www.newschool.edu/cps/events.)

I despise the right-wing Republicans, but nobody can pretend that Obama has done well on foreign policy. He and his cohorts like Hillary Clinton and Susan Rice have made an art of snubbing foreign dignitaries. There may be all of two countries that have a better opinion of the US now than under Bush.

I wouldn't call it 'America Sleeping'. What happens to a roomful of kids when the adult leaves? Fighting and destruction in the place of growth and construction. I might call it 'While America Plays with Itself'.

One of the problems in US politics today is the all-or-nothing thinking that's so common. It's true that Pres. Obama hasn't closed the prison at Guantanamo, but that doesn't mean he hasn't done anything. Many of the prisoners have had their cases reviewed, & some of those found innocent have been released. But Republicans have obstructed some of the efforts to process cases, & it's also been very hard to find places for released detainees to go.

Mr. Feingold is spot on. Repubs very silent right now but listening I am sure...this is the truth you are hearing.

The Constitution _expressly forbids_ the exception that Mr. Feingold has claimed in the case of Awlaki. Moreover, we have _only_ the claims of the Obama administration that Awlaki constituted any threat _and_ Obama has claimed the right to keep that evidence secret _and_ to keep the legal 'justification' for Awlaki's assassination secret. Secret evidence, secret ';justification,' denial of due process.

With regard to torture, there have been _numerous_ reports that the US continues to torture at Bagram in Afghanistan. By the very standards the US has used in the past, Bradley Manning was tortured here in the US.

I have a lot of respect for Feingold as one of the few willing to challenge presidential power at all, but he is still papering over US crimes.

Unfortunately Mr. Feingold finds the opportunity to carry forth on the bad and deceitful aspects of "The Patripot Act" now that he has a book out for sale. Where was Mr. Feingold as Senator...during the passage of Patriot Act and after passage of Patriot Act.

Hope the Feingold publication is a flop! He is.

Actually, Andrew Johnson was impeached, but, like Bill Clinton, he wasn't convicted.

Mr. Feingold doesn't think they were out to get Clinton from the git-go?? Wasn't that the period that saw the growth of Drudge report and numerous other anti-Clinton media?

That period, to me, was the sea-change in American Politics, a radical, vituperative effort to emasculate a President not seen for almost a century.

What are senator Feingold's plans for the future?
I would like a progressive to be in the white house some day....

The honesty is refreshing! Bravo!