A Public Policy Polling poll shows Russ Feingold leading wishy-washy Tommy Thompson 47-44. PPP is a Dem affiliated firm with a fairly accurate record. But the big number from the poll is not the above figure, nor is it Feingold-Wall (48-34) or Feingold-Westlake (48-31).
The big number is 1%. That is the favorable opinion of Washington lobbyists, according to Wisconsin voters.
Tommy Thompson has spent the last five years as essentially a lobbyist in Washington. I doubt most Wisconsin voters even remember he was tapped by George W. Bush to be Secretary of Health and Human Services back in 2001, leaving the Governor’s Mansion mid-term. I am positive even less are aware of his current career. If Thompson declares his candidacy Wisconsin voters will know all about Tommy’s latest job as a power-broker for dozens of big business interests.
Before he was a maybe-candidate Thompson supported health care reform. Both potential opponents in a primary have pledged to repeal reform. WWTD? An apparent flip-flop.
Now a contrast. While Tommy was making millions taking special interests on as clients, Russ Feingold was taking them on for you.
His recent earmark cancellation amendment could save $478 million this year. His votes for health care and jobs have Wisconsin’s best interests in mind, not a corporation or his pocketbook. Remember, it’s “a lot of people in Washington” that want Thompson to run for Senate.
Stick to the private sector Tommy. Your pocketbook and the citizens of Wisconsin will both be better off. We want a senator that represents more than 1% of us.
Ugh give me a break with this stuff. What do lawyers poll at? They’re not too popular. Russ is an attorney. Care to tag Russ with that rating? Or maybe the approval rating of Congress? Isn’t that always somewhere around 15 or 20%? I guess that means Russ is only approved by about 20% of Wisconsin. Well at least that’s the way he votes.
Believe me, Russ hasn’t done anything FOR ME. Not in my name.
From the pollsters: Tax and spend liberals, which Feingold is sure to be labeled as, are considerably more popular than Washington lobbyists. Only 53% of voters have an unfavorable opinion of them, and 18% even like them!
Apples and oranges. One is a label, one is a job. Feingold is a lawyer and a member of Congress, neither of which are very popular. Now if you want to poll them as indiviuals with respective political labels, that’s fine. But Jim extrapolated a generic approval rating of an entire profession and applied it individually to Tommy so I was just doing the same with Russ.
The title is obvious hyperbole, but Tommy has been working for big business interests and the majority of WI isn’t going to like that when it becomes known, which is what I was pointing out.
Feingold leads Tommy, someone who has not even announced if he’s running. That doesnt bode well for Jackass Feingold. The clincher will be all that WMC money Tommy can raise because of the recent Supreme Court decision. You progressives will be squealing like stuffed pigs.
One, two, three, fo’.
Sorry Russ it’s time to go.
If you say so Harold.