Feingold feels the heat

That's according to Rasmussen. It'll be interesting if it pans out to be competitive, as this is one race I actually have a say in.

I am not as familiar with Thompson as I should be, so I'll withhold judgment there. But I'll say this about Feingold: despite his blinders on campaign finance, he's still a great civil libertarian and perhaps the very best sitting Democratic senator.

It is difficult for me to envision a scenario in which I don't vote for him. But if so it would be primarily anti-Democrat, not anti-Feingold. I'd put 60 Feingolds in the Senate if I could...