I will be posting the Pro’s and Con’s for some possible/current presidential candidates over the next couple of weeks…
…and the first one is……
TOMMY THOMPSON!! – (Republican)
PROS:
Looking for a conservative reformer? Try this former four-term governor, who’s best known for pioneering welfare reform in the 1980s and 1990s, championing school vouchers, and cutting taxes. And as President Bush’s HHS secretary, he knows a thing or two about one of today’s more pressing issues: health care. What’s more, he hails from an important battleground state where Republican candidates have come up short in the past few elections. And Wisconsin is next door to Iowa, home of the first nominating contests.
CONS:
A big problem for Thompson, who has announced he’s forming an exploratory committee, is that many people remember him for his last job — as a Bush cabinet official — and not his lengthy tenure as governor, which makes it harder for him to play the Washington outsider card. He’s also an avid backer of Amtrak, which is anathema to many conservatives. He has little to no national security experience. And in a GOP field featuring possibly a war hero maverick (McCain), a 9/11 hero (Giuliani), and a telegenic governor (Romney), where does Thompson’s money and support come from?
