Hillary shouts down Russ: Senators Clinton and Feingold apparently had a closed door shouting match where Feingold came off the worse. This doesn't surprise me. Last December, Erica and I visited the Other Washington and got Senate gallery passes from Sen. Murray's office. There were about two dozen senators on the floor, standing in groups of three or four chatting and dealing. The only exception was Russell Feingold, who moved from one group to another. He would stand nervously on the periphery of a group, and when it was clear he wouldn't be admitted to the circle, he moved to the next group. He looked like the nerd who accidentally gets invited to a party and spends the whole evening unsuccessfully trying to mingle. I suspect most of the time Feingold isn't shouted at he is being ignored.
Posted by awm at July 19, 2002 10:25 AM