In the event he is impeached, will Senate Democrats even have Obama's back?

[karynnj]

90. No - it shows that he felt the process should be respected and there be a trial

That is what the Constitution calls for. The fact is that the Republicans had the votes to open the trial. Another fact is that Feingold voted against the charges.

It is funny that you do not seem to see the censure bill for what it was. The idea of it was not completely dropped until a week or so after the trial votes. While at the beginning it could be seen as an alternative to a trial and votes, it had morphed into something Democrats (and a few Republicans) could use to say that it was no ok for Clinton to have done what he did. I don't get why you add that to the list of things Feingold should be trashed about.

Here is an article that explains that it could not be introduced until after the trial was over. The censure by Feinstein and Moynahan "cites Clinton for "shameless, reckless and indefensible behavior" that demeaned the office of the president and "creates disrespect for the laws of the land."

Gramm tabled it because:

"People want to be on both sides of the issue. They want to say the president's not guilty, they want to say the president's guilty. The problem is, this 'covering-your-fanny' approach has constitutional cost," he said.

It was said to have significant support, but in fact, Gramm's tabling it passed easily:

I think there will be a majority of the Senate that will support a censure resolution. That obviously means it will be bipartisan. I think a very significant number of Republicans who would want a strong censure resolution, so that a vote not to convict on the articles cannot be interpreted as a statement that the president is innocent," Sen. John Breaux (D-Louisiana) said Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation".

In fact, here is what McConnell said of it:
"The question is, do you really want to leave this whole matter at the end of this week with an acquittal of the president, when in my view, he committed perjury and obstructed justice? It does leave you with sort of an empty feeling, and that's why, depending upon the words, it may have some appeal on the Republican side," McConnell said on "Face The Nation."

All quotes from - http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/08/censure/

Feingold, who acted on principle to allow the trial, gave his speech explaining why he was going to vote "no" on both impeachment charges and then voted, likely did not see any need to have something he could point to censuring Clinton.