His challenger has so far spent three times as much as he has, the economy remains lackluster and Mr. Feingold is facing disillusionment with Democratic policies.
And yes, you can't help sympathizing with the predicament of a writer who is entranced by his subject and then suddenly faces disillusionment.
She added that New Yorkers were faced with "disillusionment about what they can buy," which she said "freaks them out".
One of his more interesting films has been "Mukhamukham" ("Face to Face," 1984), which was about a man's disillusionment with the left.
His themes -- longing for authentic connection in the face of chronic disillusionment and ongoing life crises -- resonate with many experiences of today's young adults, although his own tragic end leaves many of his admirers lost in confusion.
Here's how Ben Domenech recently described this psychology of disillusionment: Faced with these shifts, many religious conservatives have contemplated a partial retreat from political activism, a quest for internal cohesion and cultural resilience that Rod Dreher of The American Conservative has called "the Benedict Option," after the founder of Western monasticism.
His resiliency in the face of disappointment and disillusionment is no doubt part of the widespread appeal of a drama that has rivaled in popularity some successful recent musicals.
The central question, says Susanna Abse, a psychotherapist and CEO of the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships, is: "Can [a marriage] tolerate the process of disillusionment, the facing up to limitation that all long relationships have to go through?" This disillusionment can set in surprisingly quickly.
Following his historical trilogy, Roddy Doyle returns to contemporary Dublin with Bullfighting (Jonathan Cape), a story collection in which an assortment of men face up to middle age, disillusionment and the death of the Celtic tiger.
