Thompson pink, but not his pillow

Only two weeks after bowing out of the Republican presidential race, former Wisconsin Gov. and Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson was back before a crowd in Washington on Monday, as he joined a panel discussion at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s 10th Annual Mission Conference.

Noting the decor onstage — plush couches and hot-pink curtains — moderator Renee Syler said it looked like a teenage girl’s bedroom.

In fact, each panelist had his own hot-pink throw pillow — except Thompson. Syler accused him of “jettisoning” it, but Thompson said, “I thought it was because I lost the presidential nomination that you took away my pink pillow.”