Is there a likelihood of a Sharon Angle-type of disaster with the other candidates?
I prefer the more conservative candidate generally, but I certainly wish Nevada Republicans had chosen differently last time. Reid should have been beaten.
Wasn’t there some allegations of fraud in that race?
I do believe that a majority of WI republicans are not aware of Tommy’s history in reference to Healthcare and his support of the medical chip. All they remember is his name and that he was successfull with welfare reform.
The biggest thing he has going for him is name recognition. If the information gets out there and the age issue is stressed by the Hovde & Fitzgerald campaigns as well as talk radio I believe the numbers would start to go against Thompson.
Thompson is part of the republican party establishment. A GOP from the past. He is no way in the same league as a Paul Ryan or Ron Johnson. A politician Thompson’s age probably isn’t going to Washington to make waves and rile feathers.
I think one thing that happens is that too many conservatives are “afraid”. They can be talked down into accepting a less conservative candidate with the fear that a dem will win. This is used time and time again.
I believe in WI we have proven that we will get behind the more conservative candidate. We got both Walker and the majority of recalled senators over the finish line as well as Ron Johnson.
We stopped being afraid of “what ifs” and just went with it. It worked.