It’s quite the fashion among Democrats to set up a nonprofit organization and then use it to support your political machine while you’re out of office. The Clintons have done this on a scale lesser lesser lights can only envy. But that didu’t stop Russ Feingold, who hopes to take down Republican Senator Ron Johnson in 2016, from figuratively putting on a pantsuit and going Hillary. Daniel Bice of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel writes: Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold — long a champion of campaign finance reform — founded a political action committee that has given a mere 5% of its income to federal candidates and political parties. Instead, nearly half of the $7.1 million that Progressives United PAChas spent since 2011 has gone to raising more money for itself, according to data compiled by OpenSecrets.org. The data also show the group has paid another sizable chunk of money on salaries or consulting fees for Feingold, his top...(Read Full Post)