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Russ Feingold, Obama Election Co-Chair: "The President Is Wrong" To Get Super PAC Money (2/2)
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18:16Now Playingdemocracynow.org - 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 who the Democratic Party should be, and I think it doesn't help him get re-elected. 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 is founded the organization Progressives United. His new book is called, "While America Sleeps: A Wake-Up Call for the Post-9/11 Era."
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