Thompson vows vigorous Iowa campaign
By TONY LEYS
REGISTER STAFF WRITER
January 3, 2007
Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson vowed today to spend at least one day a week in Iowa, campaigning for the presidency.
Thompson is one of about a dozen Republicans seriously considering presidential runs, and he said he would compete vigorously for support in Iowa’s lead-off caucuses.
“I’ll be here more than any other candidate,” he said in a Des Moines interview. “I look at this as trying to run for sheriff in 99 counties in Iowa. It’s retail politics, and that’s what I’m good at.”
Thompson pledges weekly visits to Iowa
By MIKE GLOVER, Associated Press Writer
DES MOINES, Iowa - Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson promised Wednesday to become a familiar face in Iowa in his quest for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination against better-financed rivals.
"I'm going to be here every week, at least one day every week," Thompson told The Associated Press. "I'm close enough to be able to do that and I'm going to develop a field organization and a grass-roots campaign like you haven't seen before."
