Is Senator Feingold going to join GOP filibuster of bipartisan resolution opposing Bush's "surge"?

That's the scuttlebutt I'm hearing - at least there's growing concern. Feingold thinks the Warner-Levin resolution is a bad idea (read his latest diary entry on DailyKos). Basically, Feingold thinks that the resolution is "a back-door authorization of the President’s misguided policies, and passing it would be a big mistake."

Feingold might be right, or he might be over-analyzing the entire issue. This resolution is being read by everyone, including the media and the White House, as a devastating blow against Bush (that's why Tony Snow brought out the old "you're enabling bin Laden" charge, again, today). It's difficult to see how it empowers Bush, which is what Feingold alleges. Bush is going to launch all the wars he wants, regardless of what the resolution says, so I'm not very fearful that the resolution will somehow give Bush even more power. The man doesn't obey the law as it is, and takes all the power he wants. This one resolution will have zero impact on giving our illustrious dictator more power.

What does worry me are rumors I'm hearing that Feingold may join the conservative pro-Bush filibuster against the Warner-Levin resolution, the only resolution at this point that looks like it has a chance of passing AND breaking the filibuster. The only resolution that at this point has the potential of supremely embarrassing this president as a bipartisan vote of no confidence.

It's one thing for Feingold to be our hero and charge at Democratic windmills. I laud that. Someone has to ensure that we all don't get too comfortable in our deal-making, and we could use a left-flank in the Senate to keep everyone on our side honest. But it would be quite another thing for Feingold to be their hero, helping to ensure that no resolution of Bush is passed simply because it's not perfect. I'm all for Feingold bluffing his way towards a better resolution. I'm not for Feingold doing Bush's dirty work by helping to kill any resolution at all, when the resolution is being taken by everyone as a massive slam against Bush.

Same message to Senator Dodd.