(from the Sunday 11-12-06 issue of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Feingold rules out 2008 run for president
Feingold had been publicly weighing a presidential bid since early 2006, forming a political action committee, traveling to key states such as New Hampshire and Iowa, and cultivating a more national constituency as an early and outspoken opponent of the Iraq war, the Patriot Act and other Bush adminstration policies.
"But I have never had a craving to be president of the United States, " said Feingold.
Feingold sent an e-mail to supporters Saturday night announcing his decision.
In it, he said, "I'm sure a campaign for president would have been a great adventure and helpful in advancing a progressive agenda."
"However, to put my family and all of my friends and supporters through such a process without having a very strong desire to run seems innappropriate to me."
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