Tommy Thompson was about halfway into his breakfast of whole wheat toast and bacon at Kavanaugh?s Esquire Club on North Sherman Avenue on Saturday morning when somebody at the table asked for his take on the crisis at the state Capitol. “I think you never like to see this kind of disruption,” the former governor said. “It possibly could have been handled better. I?m not being critical. I still support Scott Walker and what he does.” He also has an eye on the possibility of UW-Madison splitting from the rest of the University of Wisconsin System. Thompson was in the state Assembly when the system was established and worries about the impact the split might have on other state universities. He said he is not completely versed on the proposal, but added, “At first blush, I?m not sure it?s the right decision.”
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