He has my vote

I may not agree with Russ Feingold on a lot of things (other than the war in Iraq) but this exchnage from an interview with Vogue has already sold me on Russ. This was posted by Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reporter Craig Gilbert on their political blog. Any politican that pleads ignorance of celebrity is a winner with me.

---Sean Scallon

The new GQ includes an interview with Russ Feingold, who was profiled in January by another fashion magazine, Vogue. According to the headline, Feingold is “The Real Maverick” and “Mad as Hell.” But the interview itself is pretty jocular. (Asked Tuesday if Sen. Feingold was in fact, "mad as hell," Feingold answered through an aide, "No, I'm happy as a clam.") His conversation with GQ ranges from wiretapping and the Patriot Act to more personal matters.

“What’s it like to be a single senator?” Feingold is asked.

“It’s new to me. You sort of end up working a whole lot,” says Feingold. Pressed on whether he’s “dating,” Feingold responds, “Um, that’s, uh, classified?”

“Are there women throwing themselves at you?” he’s asked.
“I certainly wouldn’t say that.”

There’s also this exchange:
Question: “OK, real quick. Jennifer or Angelina?”
Feingold: "Jennifer? Jennifer who?”
Question: “Oh, come on, Senator! Jennifer or Angelina?”
Feingold: “Jennifer who?”
Question: “Aniston. (silence). Oh God, you don’t read the tabloids, do you?”
Probably not the fashion mags, either.