Feingold says Obama shouldn’t be primaried

Sam Stein in HuffPost:

Last week a group of liberal activists and academics, led by consumer advocate Ralph Nader and scholar Cornel West, announced that they were looking for six "recognizable, articulate" candidates to launch a primary bid -- not to rip the nomination from Obama's grasp but to keep him honest on issues like civil rights, consumer protections, labor and foreign policy.

Soon thereafter, one of the politicians most likely to fill that niche explained once again that he wasn't interested, both in challenging the president and in backing the idea Obama needed that type of challenge.

"I strongly disagree with Ralph Nader. As I've said many times before, I believe that re-electing President Obama is an absolute imperative for our economy, our judicial system, for progressives and for our country," said former Sen. Russ Feingold, who announced recently that he was not running for Wisconsin's open Senate seat.