It would be satisfying to the many Democrats who felt that the nomination of John Kerry gave them a politician with no guts to be given a chance to run behind Russ Feingold.

Having been the only Senator to vote against the Patriot Act, while also the only democrat on his committee to accept John Ashcroft as attorney general, he can easily be sold as a man who does not ‘play politics.’

Known well for the McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill he could be a champion of those who wish for a multi-party system or at least the mitigation of partisanship.