After The Senate
Following his defeat, Feingold was appointed a visiting professor at Marquette University Law School. He wrote a book entitled While America Sleeps: A Wake-Up Call to the Post-9/11 World, and supported President Barack Obama in his reelection bid in the 2012 presidential election. In February 2012, it was announced that Feingold would be a co-chair for President Obama's re-election campaign. He is now the Stephen Edward Scarff Distinguished Visiting Professor at Lawrence University and the Mimi and Peter E. Haas Distinguished Visitor at Stanford Law School.
In February 2011, Feingold formed Progressives United, a grassroots Political Action Committee.
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