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The Drone King's campaign co-chairs

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Wed, 02/22/2012 - 3:55pm — lambert

Russ Feingold, how could you?

  • Lynnette Acosta — Obama campaign volunteer leader from Florida
  • Marc Benioff — chief executive of Salesforce.com
  • Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado
  • Mayor Julian Castro of San Antonio
  • Governor Lincoln Chafee — governor of Rhode Island
  • Ann Cherry — Retired teacher and Obama campaign volunteer leader from North Carolina
  • Representative Judy Chu of California
  • Representative Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri
  • Bill Daley — former White House chief of staff to President Obama, former secretary of commerce
  • Maria Elena Durazo — executive secretary-treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
  • Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois
  • Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago
  • Russ Feingold — former senator from Wisconsin
  • Representative Charles A. Gonzalez of Texas
  • Loretta Harper — high school counselor and Obama campaign volunteer leader from Nevada
  • Attorney General Kamala Harris of California
  • Sai Iyer — student at Virginia Commonwealth University and Obama campaign volunteer leader from Virginia
  • Caroline Kennedy — author and president of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
  • Eva Longoria — actress and philanthropist
  • Felesia Martin — Obama campaign volunteer leader from Wisconsin
  • Bishop Vashti McKenzie — African Methodist Episcopal bishop
  • Attorney General Tom Miller of Iowa
  • Kalpen Modi — actor and former White House associate director for the Office of Public Engagement
  • Admiral John Nathman — Retired U.S. Navy
  • Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts
  • Federico Pena — former secretary of transportation and former secretary of energy
  • Elaine Price — retired Ohio resident and Obama campaign volunteer leader from Ohio
  • Penny Pritzker — founder and chief executive of PSP Capital Partners
  • John Register — U.S. Army veteran and Paralympian
  • Representative Jan Schakowsky of Illinois
  • Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire
  • Joe Solmonese — president of the Human Rights Campaign
  • Alan Solow — partner at DLA Piper LLP and a past chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
  • Ted Strickland — former governor of Ohio
  • Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa of Los Angeles
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    goldberry's picture

    Well, that's weird

    By goldberry on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 4:26pm

    Feingold sounded quite critical of Obama on the Daily Show last night.

    Come together at The Confluence

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    BDBlue's picture

    Two names that stuck out for me

    By BDBlue on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 6:57pm

    I see that Penny Pritzker is still involved officially in the campaign. And I like how they identify her as associated with some partnership instead of as a failed bank executive and billionaire asshole. Just goes to show that when it comes to bailing out Wall Street, Obama really isn't sorry and really would rather just have the money (although to be fair, Pritzker failed her bank before it was all the rage and is a Chicago parasite and not technically a Wall Street one).

    Also I noticed that Kamala Harris is on there. I guess that explains her sign-on to the awful mortgage settlement. Gotta have some talking points for those fundraising calls.

    Anyone expecting more from Feingold, hasn't been paying attention, IMO.

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    jest's picture

    At least Corzine ain't there

    By jest on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 8:10pm

    Harris looked shady to me too.

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    Valley Girl's picture

    Naw, Feingold was pretty much an obvious sell out from the get.

    By Valley Girl on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 10:53pm

    I mean, from the get go on Obama.

    Sorry, I don't have links to support the claim in the title, though I've read a lotta stuff. Another example of a Dem who tries to seem like he is "really challenging" the Dem establishment, but then folds.

    FWIW, he has a book. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/russ-feingold-book-gop-2012_n_1289428.html?ref=books&ir=Books

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    tom allen's picture

    Much like Al Franken, I'm

    By tom allen on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 11:22am

    Much like Al Franken, I'm afraid. I got suckered in. I think his heart's in the right place, but his brain and his wallet are somewhere else.

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    Feingold and his org

    By Hugh on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 11:57pm

    Feingold and his org Progressives United came out in support of Obama months ago.

    Feingold is and has always been a sham progressive. He made a couple of star turn gestures during the Bush years, but while progressives were desperately looking for a leader to be a voice and spokesperson for their issues, he was silence itself.

    Hugh

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    jest's picture

    Feingold? You mean this Feingold?

    By jest on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 5:21pm

    Feingold blasts Obama super PAC decision

    "It is a dumb approach," Feingold said in a phone interview with The Huffington Post. "It will lead to scandal and there are going to be a lot of people having corrupt conversations about huge amounts of money that will one day regret that they went down the route of what is effectively a legalized Abramoff system."

    "Democrats have tried this strategy before, when enormous amounts of soft money were raised by Democratic Leadership in the 1990s. The result was the enactment, with active Democratic support, of a corporate-dominated policy agenda that included trade policies that shipped millions of family-supporting jobs overseas, fiscally reckless tax laws that greatly increased our long-term debt, and the disastrous banking and financial deregulation that paved the way for the worst recession since the Great Depression.

    "Just as importantly, this corrupting tactic will gut a winning, progressive strategy. When Democrats play by Republican rules, people see our party as weak, and a false alternative to the power of rich individual and corporate interests that are increasingly dominating our government.

    "This is dancing with the devil. I know a lot of Democrats in D.C. don’t agree, and I understand the desire to do everything possible to win. But this decision will push Democrats to become corporate-lite, and will send us head-on into a battle we know we will lose, because Republicans like Mitt Romney and his friends have and will spend more money.

    "Two years ago, the President was right to chastise the Supreme Court for its lawless ruling in Citizens United. Now, he and his campaign need to live up to those principles and reject the support of any Super PACs."

    Funny how that works, doesn't it?

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    Valley Girl's picture

    And if Obama doesn't reject the support of Super PACs...

    By Valley Girl on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 5:36pm

    Feingold is gonna ...do what?

    Nothing, I would imagine.

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    jest's picture

    prrrrrrrrrrretty much

    By jest on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 8:46pm

    prrrrrrrrrrretty much

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    Linda J's picture

    Never trust a Zionist...

    By Linda J on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 12:11am

    if you don't believe in human rights for all, what do you believe in (besides the AIPAC speaker-in-chief, Obomba.

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    lambert's picture

    AND State AGs Kamala Harris and Tom Miller...

    By lambert on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 11:25am

    .... of Obama's mortgage "settlement." Too bad Schneiderman was so recalcitrant -- he could have gotten a payoff too!

    We should call these guys The Dirty 35...

    First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Mahatma Gandhi

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    Will more co-chairs be named? I don't see anyone from NJ or NY

    By jawbone on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 12:26pm

    per se, albeit some of the organization leaders might be from these states.

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    lambert's picture

    They're holding a slot for Corzine...

    By lambert on Fri, 02/24/2012 - 12:31am

    ... and Schneiderman, too, if he plays nice. Ha ha!

    First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Mahatma Gandhi

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    wanderindiana's picture

    there are many parts to play

    By wanderindiana on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 11:28pm

    In the end, they are all bad actors, none deserving of a stage.

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