Tommy Thompson close to joining Wisconsin Senate race

[hue]

Source: Chicago Tribune News

11:13 a.m. CDT, September 19, 2011
After much hand-wringing, Tommy Thompson, the former Wisconsin governor, appears to be jumping into the 2012 race for U.S. Senate.

Thompson, a Republican, is one of the most popular politicians in the state’s history, having served four terms as governor from 1987 to 2001. But his entrance into the fray comes at a time when his party has shifted away from his brand of conservatism.

Specifically, Thompson is on record as a supporter of the health insurance exchanges and other elements of the Democratic healthcare overhaul legislation. As the secretary of Health and Human Services during the George W. Bush administration, he praised the Massachusetts healthcare plan enacted under then-Gov. Mitt Romney. And he supported the massive Medicare drug benefit plan passed during the Bush administration, one that substantially contributed to the current federal budget deficit.

Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/la-pn-thompson-wisconsin-senate-20110919,0,113946.story

[Hell Hath No Fury]

1. Sane Republican need not apply.

Sorry tommy, you're a damn commie.

[Scuba]

2. Tommy still has a strong following in Wisconsin and geriatrics vote in large numbers. n/t

[dragonlady]

3. He still has to win the primary

His major opponent will probably be Mark Neumann, a very right-wing builder who has plenty of his own money and has run statewide before (against Sen. Feingold, and in the primary for governor last year against Scott Walker).

[madrchsod]

4. tommy "wasting disease" thompson..good luck wisconsin