Feingold Raises Again Questions about Edwards

Russ Feingold is in my opinion one of the most sincere and progressive senators that we have in the senate. I have a lot of respect for him and his opinions. Well yesterday, he criticized again John Edwards in this interview with the Huffington post.

Among other things, he mentioned:

"I don't understand how somebody could vote, five or six critical votes, one way in the Senate and then make your campaign the opposite positions"

And I believe that he has a good point. Although Edwards has moved to the left in this election, his voting record when a senator was not really progressive.

Feingold also mentioned in that interview:

"You have to consider what the audience is, and obviously these are very popular positions to take when you are in a primary where you are trying to get the progressive vote. But wait a minute -- there were opportunities to vote against the bankruptcy bill, there was an opportunity to vote against the China [trade] deal. Those are the moments where you sort of find out where somebody is. So I think, people are being taken in a little bit that now he is taking these positions."

The more I think about it, the more I agree with Feingold. What is most important in defining someone as progressive or not is their record. Not just words. I believe that among the 3 democratic candidates, the only one with a consistently progressive record is Barack Obama. And I hope that he will be the democratic nominee, and hopefully the first real progressive president in a long time.