A Battle of Plaid Shirts and Conflicting Visions
By MONICA DAVEY
Published: October 31, 2010
OSHKOSH, Wis. — Ron Johnson, a Republican, stood in a suit and tie before a crush of supporters in a ballroom on Friday night and reminded them why a plastics manufacturer whom most voters had never heard of a year ago — or, as he described himself, “just a guy from Oshkosh” — had decided to mount a challenge for the United States Senate.
