Former Bush Health and Human Services Secretary and Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson is throwing his hat into the ring of potential 2008 Republican candidates for President.

Reason for voting for him:

More than 90 percent of spending on health care — roughly 16 percent of the gross national product — is for treating disease, while only about 8 percent is spent on prevention, Thompson said.

“To me that’s just backwards,” he said. “I want to try and transpose that.”

He's spot on with that assessment. Health care is the major domestic issue for me, and on this point I could not agree more.

Reasons for voting against him:

His tenure as HHS secretary was marked by anthrax attacks, a flu vaccine shortage and passage of the Medicare prescription law.

Incompetent governance seems to be the hallmark of the modern Republican party, and Secretary Thompson, if you'll pardon the health pun, is not immune. He may understand the issue, but his track record doesn't demonstrate that he is able to effectively address it.

And don't even get me started with McFaker.

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