Posted on 08/14/2012 6:19:46 PM PDT by randita
Discuss the Wisconsin races, especially the race for the GOP U.S. Senate candidate.
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Exactly - if Tommy does win I will have to vote for him in November while pinching my nose......
I was just thinking the other day that both of them are well past their expiration date.
I understand the district leans Democrat, even though Ryan has generated large majorities.
However, I sense the 2012 election may be a blowout of historic proportions. Under those conditions, I doubt we lose Ryan's district.
Surgeon General’s Warning: Pinching your nose for extended periods (for GOPe candidates) will lead to “RINO-plasty”.
We’ll have to see. Have to assume the election will take place in 2013 and this will likely be the lefts first chance at revenge.
We hope so at least :)
Has he always maintained a home in Wisconsin. In general, I do not like untested candidates buying Senate seats. This occurs fairly regularly throughout the country. More often with Democrats but Republicans too.
I thought I had read Mark Levin had endorsed him ?
HHHAAA -thanks for the laugh -
I think he did.
looks like Thompson is gonna pull this out.
Hmm, I can think of a certain group from California and several "conservative" groups from DC who probably steered 10 or 20 thousand votes to Neumann.
It’s over. Thompson wins. Can he beat Baldwin?
Exiting FR for the evening. Live results can be found at:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/164929496.html
Last poll I saw had Thompson trailing Baldwin. Bad news. Though he had been ahead until recently. Don’t know why he began dropping. In any case even if he is not a great conservative let us hope he wins because it is highly unlikely the GOP can take a majority without gaining this seat. Maybe if Sen Brown wins and Mack knocks off Nelson in FL they can still get to 51 without WI but in any case it is going to be very tough.
Yes, in fact Thompson may out-run Romney and help Romney carry WI.
Thompson has tremendous crossover appeal.
The winner will quickly consolidate the Republican vote and jump ahead of Baldwin. How much ahead? In 2010, the Republican scored a 5 point victory. There are reasons to argue that the margin can will be higher or lower, but I’m thinking 5 points is a good starting point.
Because he is a Rino...
Let’s say we take back the White House and we have a Sen Thompson. Just wait till the vote to overturn Obamacare comes up next year. Tommy will be just like Ben Nelson. PhRMA and all the other companies who he has consulted/served on their boards will be calling in their chips. He will waffle waffle waffle and then “there are some good provisions in Obamacare and I just can’t vote to overturn it”.
Tommy has been trading Washington access for $$$ since he left his post at HHS. Many of his “customers” are big supporters of Obamacare. I hope I am proven wrong on this but my cynical side says this is how it will play out.
Tommy declared winner !!!!
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