Tommy Thompson is enjoying the attention he’s receiving by considering a Senate run but he doesn’t want to damage his political legacy by losing a race to Feingold. With the health-care debate, Tommy prefers to enjoy his renewed relevance.
That leaves Terrence Wall as the feasible GOP candidate. Wall doesn’t have much to run on. He’s been throwing his political ideology around with a monthly column for In Business since long before he announced his bid for the Republican nomination. I’ve been reading it. What have I learned?
You can trust a businessman, but politicians don’t even trust themselves. Businessmen trust others “because they themselves are trustworthy, so they project that trust onto others…politicians don’t trust business people, because many of them see themselves as being untrustworthy.”
On the topic of business, Wall doesn’t care about the small ones. In April he chastised Doyle for “trying to tax the profits of out of state branches of businesses headquartered in Wisconsin.” This component of the state budget passed. Now small businesses that cannot afford a mailbox and a receptionist in Delaware (like Wall’s) no longer bear the tax burden of larger businesses that can.
Wall is a fearmonger. He misrepresents the health-care debate, attempting to frighten people with his experiences in France. Of course none of the health-care bills in Congress were remotely similar to the government run health-care system in France. So? Wall doesn’t mind using scare tactics to maintain the “excellent care that 85% of us already receive.”
Wall is fond of accusing Democrats of raising taxes, “causing businesses to collapse and stop creating new jobs.” Feingold recently proposed a jobs tax credit for employers hiring, expanding hours or raising pay.
How are Republicans going to beat a tax cutting, deficit reducing, bipartisan working, health care supporting Wisconsin legend?
They better convince us he’s a Bears fan.
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The GOP thanks Tim for the photoshop real picture. Now to spread the news…
Heh…..nice photoshop job.
I’ve heard Tommy! mention he might be interested in running for Russ’ job, but I simply can’t see Tommy! as 1 of 100 U.S. Senators; his ego is simply too big. He’d never be happy as a back bench U.S. Senator.
I don’t think it’s wise to give the GOP such a good idea.
Tommy facing Feingold in a debate? No way. Tommy was afraid to debate ME in 1990.
T. Wall is resurrecting Reagan, bitches. Or at least exhuming his corpse
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