BREAKING NEWS!

June 25, 2006 - 9:26am CDT

ElvisKennedy.com is breaking this news! It's a scoop! You'll hear about this issue other places soon but Elvis Kennedy has beat the NY Times and all other news outlets to the punch.

Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold has dyed his hair. This is a vain attempt to make himself look young and vibrant for his expected run for the U.S. Presidency in 2008.

As this blog entry is being written Senator Feingold is the guest on NBC's Meet The Press with Tim Russert. While viewing the interview yours truly noted a change in Mr. Feingold. After a few thoughtful moments it was obvious what had happened. The salt and pepper hair had gone completely brown (or brunette, for you metro-sexuals out there).

Here is a picture of our esteemed Senator from sometime in 2005;



And this one from the John Roberts hearings in September of 2005;



Here is his latest 'Official' photo from his web site and which he provided to NBC;



Amazing what a little Grecian Formula can do, isn't it?

As soon as I can find a photo from today's Meet The Press I'll post it for comparison purposes.

Maybe his interest in looking younger is related to being featured in the fashion magazine Vogue as you can read HERE, or being interviewed in the men's style magazine GQ as you can read HERE.

During today's interview Mr. Feingold stated that America is looking for a presidential candidate who is, "Honest and straightforward". Interesting. If he is sincere about that then why is he allowing vanity and "image" to dictate that he dye his hair? Oh, that's right. I keep forgetting. Feingold is a "maverick". It just doesn't seem entirely 'honest & straightforward' to me.

UPDATE:
Here's a shot from the show. It's a small photo but you can see that the gray is gone.