As ABC News reports, President Obama is expected to use his last State of the Union to merely highlight his own legacy:
Instead of outlining a long list of legislative to-do’s, the president is expected to use the nationally-televised platform to take a big-picture approach to frame the issues the country faces and his legacy.
Russ Feingold, therefore, has been delivering Barack Obama’s final State of the Union for the past seven years.
In addition to securing the passage of ObamaCare with his deciding vote, Senator Feingold serves as a chief surrogate for Barack Obama’s big government policies and foreign policy failures.
FEINGOLD FLASHBACK:
- “I agree with the president over 95 percent of the time. I think he’s doing a very good job and I think he’s going to be, by the end of his second term, one of our greatest presidents.”
- "I think [President Obama] could end up being one of our great presidents from the point of view of our international policies."
- "I think the president is as well informed and intuitive about international issues as almost any president we’ve ever had."
- “Obama has a very sophisticated sense of the world. We’re lucky to have a president who understands these things.”
- “I think [Obama’s] foreign policy record overall has been very good.”
To cope with the reality that tonight will be his favorite president’s final State of the Union address, Feingold appears to have undergone the five stages of grief:
1. Denial
After the people of Wisconsin fired him in 2010 after nearly two decades in Washington, Feingold was busted for attempting to deny his status as a career politician. Senator Feingold’s campaign instructed their supporters to never say “go back to the Senate.”
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2. Anger
Senator Feingold was stone-cold to our “Stanford Tree” after he put his principles up for sale at Washington’s 201 Bar. Senator Feingold wouldn’t even offer our “Stanford Tree” a friendly wave back after making the trip from Palo Alto.
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3. Bargaining
From operating a scam PAC to breaking his longtime campaign finance pledge, Mr. Clean really took this stage to heart. Senator Feingold continues to bargain away his principles in his desperate quest to return to Washington.
4. Depression
Unlike Ron Johnson’s listening sessions with the people of Wisconsin on how to keep our country safe, Senator Russ Feingold seemingly couldn’t muster the energy to explain in person his dangerously weak record. Instead, Senator Feingold merely directed questions regarding his national security positions to a local newspaper op-ed.
5. Acceptance
The forthcoming conclusion of President Obama’s second term does present Senator Feingold with a silver lining. After Wisconsinites reject Feingold for a second consecutive time in November, reports indicate that President Obama might join him on the law school professorship circuit.