Early October Update

So, a few items of note for you all.

First, RussForPresident.com has an October Update entry up, which pretty well covers the pro-Feingold movement as a whole. Also, right now on the site's front page is a post linking to a piece on RAW STORY that is absolutely worth reading.

A few quick excerpts:

WASHINGTON -- Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) says Senate Democrats will soon introduce more elements of their party’s plan to resolve foreign policy with regard to Iraq. “You’ll see more evidence of that coming out of the Democratic caucus this week,” he told RAW STORY.

and

“The idea that you stay in a situation that isn’t going the right way just for the sake of saying that you’re staying the course is a potentially disastrous approach,” the senator said. “The idea that things would be much worse if we let Iraqis take over I think is questionable. A lot of the recruiting is based on the idea that it is a permanent American occupation.”

and

Asked about speculation that he was positioning himself to be the Democrats’ anti-war presidential candidate in 2008, he said, “I would never make policy positions relating something to Iraq based on a political goal. I’m taking a position I’m taking on Iraq based on the work I’ve been doing.”

Good stuff, no?

Also, the monthly MyDD Presidential Straw Poll is up, along with the corresponding instant runoff ballot. I urge everyone to vote. As of right now, the totals are:

Evan Bayh	3 votes - 1 %
Joe Biden	2 votes - 0 %
Wesley Clark	84 votes - 31 %
Hillary Clinton	22 votes - 8 %
John Edwards	37 votes - 13 %
Russ Feingold	61 votes - 22 %
Bill Richardson	12 votes - 4 %
Mark Warner	28 votes - 10 %
Unsure	20 votes - 7 %

for the one on the MyDD page and

Wesley Clark

125

(31.8%)

Russ Feingold

86

(21.9%)

John Edwards

67

(17.0%)

Mark Warner

36

(9.2%)

Hillary Clinton

27

(6.9%)

Unsure

23

(5.9%)

Bill Richardson

17

(4.3%)

Evan Bayh

7

(1.8%)

Joe Biden

5

(1.3%)

for Round 1 and

Wesley Clark

210

(55.4%)

Russ Feingold

169

(44.6%)

None of these 14

for Round 8 of the IRV poll. Let's see if we can bump up some of those numbers and help Senator Feingold win one of these.

... And I had something else I wanted to mention, too, but I can't seem to think of it right now. Hopefully I can remember it sometime tonight or tomorrow and post an update. Dang. Thought I was too young to be losing my memory.

Anyway, go and vote now, thinking Forward With Feingold all the way.