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Tommy tips hat to Tea Party, declines Senatorial bid

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Former Republican Governor Tommy Thompson told a crowd of thousands at a Madison “Tea Party” rally that he would not run for the U.S. Senate against Democrat Russ Feingold.Shawn Johnson reports
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