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Feingold Calls On Democrats To Embrace 99 Percent Movement: ‘This Is No Time To Hang Back’ | Former Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold (D), who founded Progressives United after leaving the Senate last year, weighed in on the 99 Percent Movement protests that began on Wall Street and have spread across the nation in the last two weeks. Appearing on Countdown with Keith Olbermann last night, Feingold called on Democratic politicians, some of whom he said are guilty of being “a part of this money system,” to abandon “cautious politics” and join the movement. “This is no time to hang back,” Feingold said. “One of the biggest problems Democrats have is they forget the power and the passion that the base of the party has. … To not understand the power of that type of populism, to not encourage it, to not embrace it, is a huge mistake. This is not a time for cautious politics.” Watch it:
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