Feingold has always been a strong advocate for reform, but he's had a lot of things on his plate lately. We understand that Senators McCain and Feingold wouldn't always be in sync about things. They're both running for president. Whether that plays into this, I don't know. |
Is it a little troubling? Yeah, just because his words do carry such enormous weight. I can't imagine a former president's words having more weight, and that does make the burden on him all the heavier. |
One of the reasons people don't have access to broadband is they can't afford it. Or big companies think it's not economically worthwhile to hook them up. |
They're addicted to campaign money. And the lobbyists are the people who provide it for them. |
This slate is not going to be the new broom to sweep clean. There's no indication that Boehner and Blunt have ever bucked this way of looking at things or doing business. They have been part of the K Street clique. |