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Mark Neumann, an early favorite who is now third in the polls

Even when unannounced, Thompson was always the favorite.

Hovde's donation to the Doyle campaign in 2004 tells me he is more Carly Fiorina, Brooks Johnson and Michael Huffington and less Ron Johnson and Peter Fitzgerald.

Thompson's attacks on Neumann's voting record is a bit misleading.

Thompson's and Neumann's attacks on Hovde are largely pertinent, though one quotation sounds chopped (about taxes).

Fitzgerald picked the wrong race to run in.

I live in IL, but work in WI. Thompson's minimally acceptable and would maul Baldwin (her election would be akin to giving Madison its own U.S. Senator). Neumann is a very good man, sometimes intemperate, but would get my vote if I could give it to him. Hovde would be easily attacked as a carpet-bagger non-voting money boy, giving the Baldwin people an opening to make the election about his shortcomings.

With the exceptional Ron Johnson as senior senator, I could live with Tommy Thompson as junior senator for one term.

What about the other opportunities when he could have taken on a dem incumbent and at worst taken one for the team? He had to run for the WH because the Senate was beneath him. Live with him for one term? It will end up meaning 2 because no one will challenge him when he’s 75. That’s how the game is played. We will do the same in the blue states where I would be more comfortable. Think NM and Mass. The one in Maine took herself out. Maybe she should have been pushed out.

Tommy Thompson has donated to Karl Lenin and Bev Perdue!!

It's preposterous for him to point a finger at Hovde - what an old fraud.

Yes, sometimes businessmen cover their bases, so to speak, by donating to another party - we're not babes in the wood, here, no need to blush and look shocked when it comes up.

Hovde is already running better in the polls against Baldwin and would be a far stronger candidate in the general election than that old fossil.

Fitzgerald is laying the groundwork for a future run. Neumann missed his boat when he unilaterally disarmed against Feingold and ushered Russ into the US Senate.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_senate_elections/wisconsin/election_2012_wisconsin_senate

Unfortunately it looks like the way these guys have conducted this primary campaign they have turned a sure winner against an extreme leftist into making her a clear favorite to take the seat.

I’d been leaning towards Hovde, until he started running that mud-throwing ad.

Granted, I do not watch much TV or listen to radio all that often, but I’ve not seen or heard any of the candidates throwing mud at Hovde, as he claims. In fact, he’s the one throwing mud in the ad complaining of mud throwing.

So, I’ve cooled on Hovde.

I really like Fitzgerald. I like him right where he is, though he is leaving his current position, unfortunately, regardless. If he had the money and organization to go up against Baldwin, he’d be my first choice.

Assuming his new-found conservatism is genuine, how long would Thompson serve?

That leaves Neumann.