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if, Like Governor Scott, you favor Open Borders and eschew Right To Work legislation and want to put the Social Issues on the back burner, you aren't ready for the job from a conservative position.

I lived in Wisconsin until September, and I think you are misrepresenting the governor's positions and actions.

1. While he had "social issues" on the back burner, he defunded Planned Parenthood and they closed five operations. The lefties were so caught up with Act 10 and Voter ID and Concealed Carry that they had no air left for Planned Parenthood. RINOs like Schulz are unlikely to vote for teh same kind of stuff you can get in Texas. But make no mistake, Walker got a big job done. I do wish that he kept fighting against homo redefinition of civil marriage. It fits Walker's profile of being a pragmatic conservative who puts up with triage.

2. On Right to Work, we saw that Ohio Governor Kasich over-reached and got nothing in Ohio for his efforts. Walker had to twist arms for the original Act 10, and he likely wouldn't have won his first term if he didn't exempt Police/fire/emergency services from it. If the State Legislator passes it he, may well sign off on it.

3. As governor of Wisconsin, not California or Texas, the border issue doesn't have the same feel. In Madison, we get more crime from heroin addicts. I wouldn't classify him as "open borders", but he is certainly more open to some form of Comprehensive Immigration Reform than a guy like Cruz. He is NOT a Jeb Bush on thge issue. In a national election, he has left himself room to fine tune his position. If tough immigration policy is your issue, Walker is not your man.

So you are right that Walker is not a pedal to the metal conservative on every issue. What he does is get stuff done. The Gates of Hell opened against him in Madison, Milwaukee and LaCrosse. He remained unperterbed and waited them out and did not flinch. A good general knows the field and strikes at the right time in the right place. Walker has done that with Act 10, voter ID, Justice Prosser, concealed carry and the budget. As governor. In Wisconsin. (Not conservative friendly Texas) He'd be a good president.

Everything you say about Walker is true -

but I think so many omit from consideration the intense, seething anger held toward 0bamacare, amnesty, etc.

Walker doesn’t show that he has that bulldog in him to remove it. He doesn’t talk about repeal. He’s just... there... albeit getting stuff done as you say.

Someone like Cruz though IS a bulldog about wrong-headed, America-destroying policies. He DOES say what people want to have done. He gets us going.

So, no disagreement - just amendment ;)

“2. On Right to Work, we saw that Ohio Governor Kasich over-reached and got nothing in Ohio for his efforts. Walker had to twist arms for the original Act 10, and he likely wouldn’t have won his first term if he didn’t exempt Police/fire/emergency services from it. If the State Legislator passes it he, may well sign off on it.”

Michigan passed RTW but exempted police and fire from it. The unions rolled over and played dead, they didn’t attempt to fight it once it passed.