"Rep. Mark Green seems to be our best candidate here. I wish Scott Walker would stay put for the time being and continued to clean up Milwaukee County politics."
If Tommy Thompson won't run against Senator Kohl, then maybe Scott Walker can switch to the Senate race. Actually, I think Congressman Green for the Senate and Walker for Governor would be a better ticket for us, since Green has a record on federal issues and Walker already has executive experience, but since the gubernatorial race is more easily winnable than the Senate race I can see why both Green and Walker prefer to run for Governor.
This sentence from the article is one that we should keep in mind when we discuss who would be the strongest Democrat candidate:
"Wisconsin Democrats are evenly divided as to whether they would prefer Senator Russ Feingold or Senator Hillary Clinton as their party's Presidential nominee in 2008. Unaffiliated voters in the state prefer Feingold by a 2-to-1 margin."
Russ Feingold is an ultraliberal, but he is universally viewed as a principled one, which has made him very appealing to independents and even some Republicans. I think Feingold would be a very strong general-election candidate for the Democrats, since he would energize the liberal base while getting votes from cultural conservatives due to his economic populism and "reform" schtick. And being from Wisconsin, Feingold could hold Wisconsin and Minnesota while getting back Iowa, while being one of the Democrats' best bets in blue-collar Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Frankly, I'm concerned about a Feingold presidential candidacy in 2008, which is one of the reasons why I support Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty for the GOP nomination---only Pawlenty can beat Feingold in Minnesota and Pawlenty could beat him in blue-collar areas.
A few liberals I've talked to are backing Feingold for President. The problem is that once he has to take his message nationwide, he's going to scare the straights. He's a Deaniac without the screaming.
"If Tommy Thompson won't run against Senator Kohl, then maybe Scott Walker can switch to the Senate race. Actually, I think Congressman Green for the Senate and Walker for Governor would be a better ticket for us..."
Either of these senarios would be great. I wish, at the very least, that Thompson would announce one way or the other ASAP.