The man from Elroy

New book reveals what makes Tommy Thompson tick

...After defending some environmental regulations as “absolutely necessary,” Thompson suggests Republicans may be right to scale some back, saying, “I think the mining law that I signed was probably too oppressive.” He wishes the state had done more to become energy independent, one of his goals as governor, but stresses, “I’m not going to criticize anybody.”

On climate change, Thompson’s desire not to offend pushes him toward incoherence: “I would love to see a good, bipartisan scientific evaluation where scientists from both sides sit down and say, ‘This is the problem, here are the solutions.’” Bipartisan science?...

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Ken Notes: I wish Tommy no longer worried about politics and pushed harder to move his party in his direction environmentally. I also worked with him on a number of transit issues and he is still brilliant on the subject when not having to be politically correct.