Tammy Baldwin Seizes Momentum Against Republican Tommy Thompson
WEST SALEM, Wisconsin - Fresh off a nasty battle to recall Wisconsin's governor in the spring, the state has another high profile political fight on its hands for the U.S. Senate.
But after an expensive four-way Republican primary that he won narrowly, Senate candidate and former governor Tommy Thompson was left "broke" - forcing him to raise more money and campaign less. Poor polling for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who is an average of 8 points behind Democratic President Barack Obama in the state, has not helped.
Thompson's Democratic opponent, Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, meanwhile has been campaigning actively and spending freely on advertising, erasing a lead for Thompson and putting her ahead by an average of 5 points in September polling.
"Tommy Thompson has gotten himself into somewhat of a hole," said Barry Burden, a politics professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. "He's taken a pounding and he's not where he wants to be with less than six weeks to go."
Thompson, Wisconsin's longest-serving governor, and Baldwin, who would be the first openly gay U.S. senator, both claim to be middle-class champions and anticipate a tough campaign.
"I think you're going to see a closer, more competitive race than what you see in the polls," Baldwin said before campaigning in West Salem, a town of 5,000 in western Wisconsin. "Historically, this has been an evenly divided state."
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I'm sure there's going to be tons more before the election. Ugh..... 
I've seen her on MSNBC (or Current?) and she's great.
Keep it going!!!!
