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McCallum's polls have been up and down. Currently, he is holding his own. President Bush is in town this week for a McCallum fund raiser. The hope is the Dems kill each other in their 3 or 4 way primary. McCallum has been running lots of radio commercials since the start of the year on current state related topics. Recently, he has one running with a strong endorsement from President Bush. Polls won't mean too much until after the Dem primary in September and it becomes one-on-one.

Conservatives give mixed reviews to McCallum. And Tommy Thompson's brother, Ed, is running for governor on the Libertarian ticket. My guess is that faced with a structural budget deficit in the next few years, and with taxes already about the highest in the country, most will come around to backing McCallum this fall, out of sheer self-preservation.

Thanks for the analysis.

I've always lived in states where the primaries are held in the spring. Your election, like Florida's, comes awfully close to the general election.

Conservatives give mixed reviews to McCallum. And Tommy Thompson's brother, Ed, is running for governor on the Libertarian ticket. My guess is that faced with a structural budget deficit in the next few years, and with taxes already about the highest in the country, most will come around to backing McCallum this fall, out of sheer self-preservation.

My feelings towards McCallum are definitely lukewarm. I'll vote for him, but I'd rather it be somebody else (don't as me who). I'm underwhelmed.

And if Ed gets any votes, it'll be from those he can drag out of the taverns, if campaign signs are indicative of voting patterns. A cruise on Main St. in Green Bay shows "Ed Thompson for Governor" signs in front (or beside) three taverns last week (this was in a 2-3 mile stretch). BTW, they're horrible-looking signs--goldish small lettering on a black background.