What would an eleventh-hour Tommy Thompson Gubernatorial run do to our CCW effort?
Pro's:
Would he hurt or help WI's CCW effort? I'd love to see such a slam-dunk of Doyle, OTOH, I fear that on RKBA/CCW issues he'd be wishy-washy, like Ohio's RINO Governor, Taft. Then again, the "CCW Revolution" was far from being so complete when Thompson was Governor, and perhaps he'd just "go with the flow" on CCW? Especialy after seeing how postitive/neutral CCW has been in every other state that's shall-issue?
Please discuss/speculate. Especially "those in the know".
Pro's:
- He's insanely popular in WI, Tommy has a TWENTY (20) point lead over Doyle, without any campaigning, and that's with him not even entering the race yet. That's just if his name were on the ballot in an imaginary election "tomorrow".
- He hates Doyle, just on personality conflict, and from back when Doyle was a constant thorn in his side as the Democrat Attorney General.
- He's a nominally conservative Republican, albeit a spendy and populist one.
- I have the impression that privately, Thompson did not want to see CCW ever reach his desk. I don't know if that's because he was against CCW in principle, or if he felt it was simply a hot potato. However, the Democrat control of the Legislature made that somewhat moot.
- Thompson's extremely high level of popularity gave him some power over the Democrats, I don't recall him ever using it to push for pro-RKBA bills.
Would he hurt or help WI's CCW effort? I'd love to see such a slam-dunk of Doyle, OTOH, I fear that on RKBA/CCW issues he'd be wishy-washy, like Ohio's RINO Governor, Taft. Then again, the "CCW Revolution" was far from being so complete when Thompson was Governor, and perhaps he'd just "go with the flow" on CCW? Especialy after seeing how postitive/neutral CCW has been in every other state that's shall-issue?
Please discuss/speculate. Especially "those in the know".