Catching up with Courtney

Former state chairman Brad Courtney says he is keeping involved in the political game since stepping down from the RPW's top spot a year ago.

Courtney was Milwaukee Co. Exec. Scott Walker's co-finance chairman in this spring's re-election, and is chairman of U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner's re-election campaign.

He said prospects for Republicans in 2008 are not as dire as some may think.

"I think we bottomed out in '06. I think with Senator McCain at the top of the ticket I think Wisconsin's going to be a battleground state," Courtny said. "I think we have a very good chance of winning, and he'll have long coattails."

Listen to the Courtney interview here.

-- By Greg Bump