AP Feingold's Censure Resolution May Pay Off (50% Dems approve)

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Feingold's Censure Resolution May Pay Off

By FREDERIC J. FROMMER, Associated Press Writer 23 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - While only two Democrats in the Senate have embraced Sen. Russ Feingold (news, bio, voting record)'s call for censuring
President Bush, the idea is increasing his standing among many Democratic voters as he ponders a bid for the party's presidential nomination in 2008.


Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat, insists his proposal has nothing to do with his political ambitions. But he does challenge Democrats who argue it will help energize Republicans.

"Those Democrats said that within two minutes of my announcing my idea," Feingold said in a telephone interview last week. "I don't see any serious evidence of that."

A Newsweek poll taken March 16-17 found that 50 percent of those surveyed opposed censuring Bush while 42 percent supported it, but among Democrats, 60 percent favored the effort.