On Monday, Senator Feingold will be back in California teaching a class that only Senator Feingold could teach —“The United States Senate as a Legal Institution.”
We wonder what the 1991 Feingold would have to say about leaving Wisconsin to teach in California and that is what gives us this Friday’s Feingold Flashback!
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In 1991, he had spent the past four years campaigning all over Wisconsin in his minivan.
- In 2015, he has spent the past four years living at Stanford, and working in Washington.
FEINGOLD FLASHBACK #FF
In November 1992, Senator Feingold Said Senators Should Structure Their Lives And Careers To Get Closer To Constituents. "So I think the key is access, and I think that’s up to the Senator or the Representative to structure their lives and their careers in a way to make sure that access is closer to the constituents than it is to the lobbyists and the special interests.” (C-SPAN, 11/8/92)
In November 1992, Senator Feingold Said “Even The Best Person, With The Best Intentions, Who Isn’t Around His Or Her Constituents Is Going To Lose Sight Of Their Priorities, And Their Values And Their Commonsense.” FEINGOLD: “I really believe that the problem is not what type of a person you send to Washington, but whether or not that person is constantly in a situation where they’re going to have input from citizens in their home states. That input, that listening, I think has an impact on anyone. And even the best person, with the best intentions, who isn’t around his or her constituents is going to lose sight of their priorities, and their values and their commonsense.” (C-SPAN, 11/8/92)
In 1991, Feingold Had Already Traveled 60,000 Miles Around The State Of Wisconsin Campaigning For Senate. “Feingold ignored the skeptics, traveled 60,000 miles around the state in his cluttered mini-van and aggressively pursued support from Ashland to Milwaukee.” (Jeff Mayers, “Already Running,” Wisconsin State Journal, 4/21/91)
La Crosse Tribune, 1991: “For The Past Four Years He Has Traveled Throughout The State, Building Local Support For His Campaign.” (Richard Mial, “Feingold Takes On Kasten In ‘92,” La Crosse Tribune, 11/5/91)