"...the White House has been completely aloof."
I didn't know George Bush from Gomer Pyle until the 2000 campaign, other than that he was the Governor of Texas, he put children first, he was in a long-term marriage, and he was a Man of Faith. The GOP Political Machine was able to reach me and convince me of his merits all the way up here in "Blue Wisconsin" with radical Gore-Bots screaming in my ears each and every day.
I'm banking that the GOP will do the same in 2008. And if all goes as planned, Wisconsin will have a GOP Governor to greet our new GOP President. ;)
But Tom Coburn is not from Wisconsin...