GOP candidate: Romney is “copying me”

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Funny story about Tommy Thompson.

HUMBOLDT, Iowa (CNN) — At a stop on his bus trip through Iowa Saturday, GOP presidential candidate Tommy Thompson fired away at Republican opponent Mitt Romney, who also recently began his own bus tour of the Hawkeye State, saying that Romney is mimicking his plans.

“I’m the one that started the bus tour, and Romney is copying me,” Thompson said forcefully. “And what’s the best sense of flattery? It’s when they copy you… He’s following me around the state because I think he’s seeing the polls and seeing we’re starting to grow, and that’s going to be threatening to him.”

I'm not sure what the polls say. In fact, I'm not even going to bother to at Thompson's numbers. I'm guessing they range from 0-3%. Perhaps he's getting 5%, but no more than that. I doubt Romney's hearing his footsteps.

Thompson is currently on his tour of the 99 counties of Iowa in an “Iowa-made” Winnebago. His comments came shortly after both GOP candidates were in the rural town of Algona, Iowa.When asked if he was bothered by the fact that Romney may be pulling potential attendees away from Thompson’s events, Thompson said ‘absolutely not.’

“We’ve been on this tour now for two weeks and he is just starting yesterday,” said Thompson. “He’s going to the same place I am, hopefully to show that he’s got support better than mine, but I think overall [my campaign is] doing very, very well.”

Romney’s Iowa spokesperson Tim Albrecht declined to comment.

No need to comment. Except, possibly to say, "Quit your whining."

Thompson, Brownback, and the other guys I can't even remember will be dropping out soon enough. I only remember Brownback because he's so exceedingly annoying. He plays the self-righteous card, whereas in reality there's no finer flipper and flopper in the U.S. Senate.