Feingold, Madison, and the 'Last Laugh'

Don Walker, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, asserts that Russ Feingold got the last laugh when he showed up in Madison for Obama's "Rekindle the Magic of 2008" rally.

Walker writes:

U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold's appearance in Madison for the rally led by President Barack Obama gave Feingold the opportunity and the motive to show up a number of pundits around the country.

The leader in that clubhouse belongs to Sean Hannity, whose taped broadcast had him saying that Feingold didn't want to be seen by the president.

...But there were others. Like this blogger. And this writer.

Here you have the media arm of the Democrat-Union-Media Complex doing its job, disseminating Feingold's spin.

Walker writes that Feingold's last minute, unscheduled appearance "gave Feingold the opportunity and the motive to show up a number of pundits around the country."

So Feingold got the last laugh, showing me, "like this blogger," up.

Feingold didn't exactly link arms with Obama. There was no victory lap of the stage made by the two liberals before the 17,000 gathered for the event. He attended. He was there but maintained a clear separation, a sort of "I stand with the president when I stand against him" move.

I think Feingold was pressured into being there. He was cajoled and eventually convinced that for the Obama "fire up the disillusioned Dems" effort to work, Feingold had to show up. If Feingold appears afraid to embrace the liberals in Madison, he doesn't stand a chance against Ron Johnson. So there was the dramatic late afternoon Tweet yesterday, that Feingold the fearless and independent was on his way.

Woo hoo! Feingold wins. He proves me and others wrong. HAHAHAHA.

Here's the Tweet from JSOnline promulgating the laugh allegedly heard 'round Wisconsin and the country.

Naturally, Team Feingold is pleased with Walker.

Here's the Feingold camp's Retweet alerting followers to Walker's pro-Feingold post.

The Journal Sentinel and Feingold have definitely linked arms. They're working together, "willing partners."

But about that last laugh-- I think it's terribly premature to be giddy about the "victory" of Feingold being airlifted at the last minute to Madison.

The only last laugh that matters is going to come on November 2nd.