Tommy Thompson
Paul Ryan opted out of running for Herb Kohl's Senate seat next year. But he left a little something behind. His Medicare plan -- to end Medicare as we know it and replace it with a type of voucher plan that would cost seniors more -- is very much going to be a part of the 2012 Senate race in Wisconsin.
The problem for GOP candidates, who are fighting in the primary to win the party's conservative base, is that while Republican voters tend to like Ryan's plan, most other voters don't. It will take some careful positioning to finesse the problem Ryan has created for them.
Of course, Mark Neumann doesn't need to prove his conservative bona fides. It's former governor Tommy T who's getting flak about being too liberal for 21st Century Republicanism.
Maybe to prove himself Tommy will come out to the right of Neumann on Medicare and Social Security. But that could kill him in November.
This little dance could be fun for Democrats to watch.
Paul Ryan opted out of running for Herb Kohl's Senate seat next year. But he left a little something behind. His Medicare plan -- to end Medicare as we know it and replace it with a type of voucher plan that would cost seniors more -- is very much going to be a part of the 2012 Senate race in Wisconsin.
The problem for GOP candidates, who are fighting in the primary to win the party's conservative base, is that while Republican voters tend to like Ryan's plan, most other voters don't. It will take some careful positioning to finesse the problem Ryan has created for them.
Of course, Mark Neumann doesn't need to prove his conservative bona fides. It's former governor Tommy T who's getting flak about being too liberal for 21st Century Republicanism.
Maybe to prove himself Tommy will come out to the right of Neumann on Medicare and Social Security. But that could kill him in November.
This little dance could be fun for Democrats to watch.
Trying to shore up his sagging conservative credentials, Tommy Thompson rolled out an endorsement from David Keene,pictured, former president of the American Conservative Union.
Keene says he and Tommy have known each other since school days at the University of Wisconsin, and attests to TT's right-wing ideology.
Not mentioned anywhere is Keene's current role as president of the National Rifle Association.
Much more about that, and David Keene's record since he left Fort Atkinson several decades ago, here.
Where's Tommy on gun issues? Does he back the "constitutional carry" the NRA supported in Wisconsin -- carry anywhere, anytime, no permits, no training? That would be a good place to start.
Trying to shore up his sagging conservative credentials, Tommy Thompson rolled out an endorsement from David Keene,pictured, former president of the American Conservative Union.
Keene says he and Tommy have known each other since school days at the University of Wisconsin, and attests to TT's right-wing ideology.
Not mentioned anywhere is Keene's current role as president of the National Rifle Association.
Much more about that, and David Keene's record since he left Fort Atkinson several decades ago, here.
Where's Tommy on gun issues? Does he back the "constitutional carry" the NRA supported in Wisconsin -- carry anywhere, anytime, no permits, no training? That would be a good place to start.
“I'm building an organization, even bigger than when I ran for President." -- Tommy Thompson on his Senate campaign.
One would hope so, given how quickly that misadventure crashed and burned.
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