GOP guv candidate Todd says he's got a plan for Wisconsin

Underdog Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Todd says he can bring companies and jobs into the state.

Todd says his "sliding incentive" business plan could convince corporations to bring tens of thousands of jobs even before the election in November 2010.

"They'll say I'll come to the state if Mark Todd becomes governor," Todd said in an interview with WisPolitics this morning at the state GOP convention.

Todd said he hasn't had any formal contacts with companies -- "It's still 18 months until the election," he said -- but he has a list he plans to target "that are the kind of companies I want in the state."

Todd, a businessman from Appleton who announced his intention to run a year ago, said his campaign has focused on the Fox Cities area, but he is doing outreach in southeastern Wisconsin.

Todd says in is business he helps people maximize "passive residual income" and he has a plan to do the same for the state of Wisconsin.

Listen to the interview here.

-- By Greg Bump