Former Milwaukeean Sanford Horwitt is known for "Let Them Call Me Rebel," a biography of Saul Alinsky, which was a New York Times Notable Book. Now, he's becoming known for "Feingold: A New Democratic Party," a portrait of Wisconsin's famous senator.

By DANIEL BICE Feingold: A New Democratic Party. by Sanford D. Horwitt. Simon & Schuster. 304 pages. $26. We are told by the publisher of "Feingold: A New Democratic Party" that the author, Sanford D.

By Bob Secter and John Mccormick, Chicago Tribune Mar. 30--Barack Obama packed his few belongings into his newly purchased but creaky old Honda and headed west from New York into a political and social battle zone.