One of the newly named co-chairs of President Obama’s re-election
campaign is openly criticizing the President’s decision to accept super PAC
funds, his record on civil liberties, and his handling of the war in
Afghanistan. Former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin has
described Obama’s decision on super PACs as "dancing the with the
devil." At the time Feingold was named a campaign election co-chair on
Wednesday, the lead headline on his organization’s website read: "The
President is Wrong." "I think it’s a big mistake to go down the road of
unlimited, undisclosed corporate contributions," Feingold says. "That’s
not who Barack Obama is. That’s not what the Democratic Party should be.
And I think it doesn’t help him get re-elected. And I think it delivers
the Democrats, as well as the Republicans, to corporate power and
corporate domination." Feingold served in the U.S. Senate for 18 years.
During that time, he wrote the landmark campaign finance law,
McCain-Feingold. He also opposed the war in Iraq and was the only
senator to vote against the USA PATRIOT
Act. After he lost his re-election bid in 2010, he founded the
organization Progressives United. His new book is called "While America
Sleeps: A Wake-Up Call for the Post-9/11 Era."Video
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