Feingold Dances to the Wacky Left Tune

Dem Sen. Russ Feingold, who has his eye on the presidency in '08, is dancing furiously to the tune of the wacky left. I'm sure he thinks it's the only way to derail the Hillary Express, and his latest plan is sure to gain him kudos from the tin-foil helmet crowd at MoveOn.org and such:

A liberal Democratic senator who is considering a White House bid in 2008 said Sunday he is seeking to censure President Bush over his domestic eavesdropping program. The Senate majority leader called it "a crazy political move."

A censure resolution, which simply would scold the president, has been used just once in U.S. history -- against Andrew Jackson in 1834.

Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold, a longtime critic of the Bush administration, said he hoped a censure would cause Bush to apologize for the warrantless surveillance that he put in place on his own after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

"What the president did, by consciously and intentionally violating the Constitution and the laws of this country with this illegal wiretapping, has to be answered," Feingold said on ABC's "This Week."

"A crazy political move" that would weaken the U.S. during wartime was the immediate response from the Senate leader, Bill Frist, R-Tenn., who appeared on ABC right after Feingold.

"Russ is just wrong. He is flat wrong, he is dead wrong," Frist said. He did not respond directly when asked if he would allow the resolution to come up for a vote.

These kinds of votes are tailor-made for Republicans, so if Feingold insists on pursuing this insanity, let him. Bring it up and let's see how many Dems want to join him out on that skinny limb.