Feingold’s ‘Czars’ Hearing Witness List

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[...] Feingold (D-WI) is apparently buying into the ginned up Republican outrage over [...]

As a Wisconsin resident, I'm confused over Senator Feingold's focus on these non-issues when there are so many other real issues that we need to address.

Feingold's focus on this republican wet dream means he has less time to spend on the issues that affect our state and the nation.

When will it ever end???????

As a Feingold constituent, I'm surprised by this. I thought Feingold would know better than to give into the Republican outrage over this faux issue. I'll be contacting my Senator to express my disappointment in wasting the Constitution subcommittee's time on this.

I can only hope that his plan is to turn this back in the face of the Republicans by throwing their doubletalk in their faces. Point out to them how there were more “czar” positions in the Bush administration than there are in the Obama administration. Point out how “czar” positions in the Obama administration are positions that existed for decades previously but never were given that tag until now. Make it clear publicly how ridiculous of a non-issue this is.

This is great news. If anyone has the right tone and temperament to make these outrageous claims about czars look as retarded as they truly are it is Russ Feingold. Expect him to have each witness who is a Czar state their full title for the record and talk about the history of that position, when it was created, under what President and what they do. Then watch him dismiss this hysteria for the crazy BS it is.

The fact that he has author Bradley Patterson Jr scheduled to appear as a witness tells you all you need to know. The guy is an authority on what is required to run the Executive Branch of Government AND he had a unprecedented access to the Bush administration as they appointed their “Czars” I fully expect Feingold to refer to Mr. Patterson's testimony when dismissing all of these ridiculous concerns.

As another Wisconsin resident, I think this is awesome. The czars are at the very least “extra-constitutional” positions. They have been given regulatory authority over areas for which congress has oversight, yet there has been no congressional oversight for most of them. The constitutional subcommittee is exactly where this issue should be taken up.

To those (presumably) liberals who don't see a problem with the czars and think this is “republican noise” — wake up! If Feingold's investigating, there's a problem here. Unlike most Dems, our Russ is one of those rare politicians who has PRINCIPLES. Don't expect a whitewash of this abuse of executive powers from him (the ONLY senator to vote against the “patriot act”!)