The Montgomery Advertiser has run a positive editorial about our own Sen. Russ Feingold. The commentary comes in response to his trip to Alabama where Wisconsin's junior senator sought to mend fences after some comments he made in a Salon article ticked off the mayor of Greenville, AL.

It's an open question as to whether Feingold will indeed run for president in 2008. In the meantime, it's commendable that he sees the long term importance of spreading the progressive message to even the "reddest" areas of the country.