One Democrat who deserves to win — and still may

I’m not crazy about most of the Democrats on this year’s ballot nationall, but Russ Feingold, the progressive maverick, as John Nichols calls him, is one the left needs to get behind.

So this bit of news from Wisconsin, where Feingold has been trailing in the polls all year, has me breathing a little easier. A Senate without Russ Feingold would be a dark one, indeed.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.

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  1. otFeingold's opponent is an Ayn Rand acolyte. Randians believe in a dog eat dog social Darwinistic hell of rampant me-ism. There is no sense of community, a common good or empathy. Greed and hyper selfishness are clothed in the false facade of individuality, freedom and freedom from taxes. It's the elevation of greed to a quasi-religion. Libertarianism and Randianism are great if you're a millionaire or billiionaire. The lunatic fringe has become mainstream. What a sad time for our country.

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