Oh, looky here...

Sen. Russ "what freedom of speech?" Feingold is gettin' all warm and fuzzy about blogs. He seems to try to go to great pains to ease the concerns of bloggers who are facing possible regulation by the FEC.

The man who helped bring us the McCain-Feingold

Free Speech Regulation Act

Campaign Finance Reform has been under fire over concerns that the Blogosphere is the next target.

He warns of "overreaching" in the area of free speech on the Internet. But wasn't "overreaching" on free speech what McCain-Feingold was all about?

But wait, at the end of the column look out for this:

'The FEC should generally exempt independent, unpaid political activity by bloggers on the Internet. We must let this town square, which has added a significant dimension to our political process, continue to flourish. When the FEC issues a proposal on this issue later this month, rest assured that I will be reviewing it carefully and offering detailed comments.

Generally? Uh-oh. There's a weasel word if I ever heard one. Senator, reviewing this issue carefully is exactly why we can't be "rest assured".

Link from Real Clear Politics

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