Conservative group attacks former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson as he considers a bid for Herb K

[iwishiwas]

This extreme group is like groups that got Walker elected and Ron Johnson (who beat out Russ Feingold) Now they are after Tommy.


Conservative group attacks former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson as he considers a bid for Herb Kohl's U.S. Senate seat

Club for Growth doesn't support Senate run
7:11 AM, May. 20, 2011 |
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Larry Bivins

WASHINGTON — A politically influential conservative group has begun lashing out at Tommy Thompson, even though the former Wisconsin governor has yet to officially declare his candidacy for the battleground state's open Senate seat.

The organization, Club for Growth, released a Web ad Thursday replaying President Barack Obama's Oct. 10, 2009, weekly address in which he cited Thompson as a supporter of the health care reform bill that Obama signed into law in March 2010. The 40-second YouTube spot concludes with the caption: "Tommy Thompson was a champion of ObamaCare. That means he's not for Wisconsin taxpayers."

Chris Chocola, president of the anti-tax group, said in a statement the ad was a precursor to "the TV advertising Tommy Thompson is likely to see if he runs for the Senate. Pro-growth conservatives just won't support someone who supported ObamaCare."

Republican Thompson, who has been traveling in Japan, reportedly has told friends he plans to seek the seat that will become open when Democrat Sen. Herb Kohl retires at the end of his fourth term in 2012. The popular former four-term governor is a likely Republican frontrunner as a result of Rep. Paul Ryan's announcement Tuesday that he would rather remain in the House of Representatives as chairman of the Budget Committee than make a bid to move to the other side of the Capitol......................

[OHdem10]

1. Purge the Moderates --Purge the Moderates---Purge the Moderates.

[undeterred]

2. This makes an interesting story to show how far to the right

the Republican party has moved. I didn't live in Wisconsin when Thompson was governor, but apparently he was a big spending moderate. Walker is much, much further to the right than Thompson. And its only been 11 years since he was in the Governor's office.

[iwishiwas]

3. Yes, the Repug party in WI has moved Right-and those repugs

who have not moved extreme right just followed Walker and his poodles-for the most part.