Fighting Tommy Thompson

Madison

WHEN George Bush watched the Major League All Star game in Toronto this year, he was joined by such select company as Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams—and Wisconsin Governor Tommy G. Thompson. The invitation to the presidential box was a fitting distinction for a man who has become a star in his own right among the nation’s governors.

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Charles J. Sykes

Mr. Sykes was a longtime conservative talk-radio host in Wisconsin and is the author, most recently, of How the Right Lost Its Mind.

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Madison

WHEN George Bush watched the Major League All Star game in Toronto this year, he was joined by such select company as Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams—and Wisconsin Governor Tommy G. Thompson. The invitation to the presidential box was a fitting distinction for a man who has become a star in his own right among the nation’s governors.