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"Those outside of Wisconsin don’t know him like we know him."

Count me in that group!

"There are three solidly conservative candidates running: Hovde, Fitzgerald, and yes even Neumann."

It was I who caused the "ruckus". Your last quote is what we were talking about and why I was so happy. It seems to be catching on across the country, which is even more exciting.

I LOVE Walker. Donated and even did the "recall sig verification" online, in which they dismissed. Very happy to see him win AGAIN, with an even bigger margin that his "official" run!

The only thing I know about WI (I'm in stinky NY) is that Walker did exactly what he promised to do and did it w/ in 1 year. God Bless that man!

The only point I was trying to make was in Texas, we had a primary that included, Cruz, Dewhurst, former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert, SMU gadfly Craig James and a couple of others. Cruz was relatively unknown at the beginning of the primaries, and it's difficult to say how the conservative vote was ultimately split among the 4 major candidates. In Texas, if the winner doesn't break 50%, the top 2 have a run-off...which is what happened. I wouldn't be surprised if many who voted for Dewhurst the first time ended up on the Cruz band wagon the second time.

The full throated, early and often endorsement of Cruz by Mark Levin may have been what helped him go from a relatively unknown to front runner status in such a short time. Cruz himself gave a great deal of the credit to Levin.

I'm not sure how this compares to what's gong on in Wisconsin, or if there is a chance for a run-off.

The only thing I know about WI (I'm in stinky NY) is that Walker did exactly what he promised to do and did it w/ in 1 year. God Bless that man!

Amen to that. Fitz is the guy that helped him. He has earned his shot at the Senate, and unlike all the others, we know he will stand for conservative principles, because he did so last year.

I believe Hovde, based on my conversations with him, as well as the impressions of others, is a solidly conservative guy who would represent the Tea Party/Conservative perspective.

Neumann I have already discussed.

Tommy was critical of Walker during the battle over Act 10. After he left office, he supported the third party candidacy of his brother for the governorship over his own lieutenant governor Scott McCallum, which was responsible for siphoning off enough votes to give us 8 years of Jim Doyle. Thanks, Tommy.

So it comes down to Fitzgerald and Hovde as the acceptable candidates. I would support either of the others in the general election, but I would hold my nose when I did so.