Posted on 02/10/2015 4:51:11 AM PST by Enlightened1
Supporters say the 47-year-old has more diverse qualifications than the other Republicans: A non-Washington Republican who has won tough contests in a blue state, taken on labor unions and has appeal to the conservative faith community and the business constituency.
There is one credential that he doesn't have: a post-high school education. America hasn't elected a president without a college degree since Harry Truman.
Privately, some strategists in both parties suspect that this could increasingly become troublesome for voters, a little in the nominating process, more so in a general election, particularly in battleground upscale suburban areas. If this seems illogical — it does — try raising the issue at the next coffee klatch or cocktail party; you're likely to be surprised by the responses.
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I bet he will be able to hire all the mba’s he wants after elected.
this current quota boy was passed along cause he is a half breed.
Least Walker isn’t a freaken poser.
I knew this was coming. Of course he can. In fact, it is in his favor and he should flaunt it.
Scott Walker has no college degree? I like him better than ever.
And I wonder if the Hollywood Elite (who almost never have degrees) will laugh at him and call him an idiot?
I think this is a PLUS, to his advantage. He hasn’t been tainted by the Yale, Harvard think tanks who brain washed him into a globalist. Hail Scott Walker..!!!
Seems to have worked out pretty well for Bill Gates and quite a few other highly successful people. College is for those that can’t do it on their own. :-)
It makes him much smarter then most college grads today.
I knew this was coming. Of course he can. In fact, it is in his favor and he should flaunt it.
They went after Palin because she wasn’t one of the club. I think she had a two year community college degree and then went to university.
Walker will take the very same. I think he has a better chance though. He’s very smart, a whole lot smarter than the bright boys in the WH currently.
Sure, why not since we have never seen this President’s college degree and other live journey documentation.
America hasn’t elected a president without a college degree since Harry Truman.....And therein lies the beginning of many of our problems.
Huhhh? Why not? We have a guy in there NOW who isn’t even a CITIZEN
The problem Walker faces is an electorate that worships the idea of a college degree. Sending your kid to college has long been part of the middle class American dream and now it’s almost an expectation among the upper middle class. There are plenty of reasons why college isn’t all its cracked up to be but the romantic fantasy of college clouds any rational arguments against it.
This is potentially a problem for Walker because it’s going to be hard to convince people that someone without a college degree is capable of being President. Especially so after 28 years of Ivy League educated President’s. An entire generation of voters has been conditioned to view such an education as a prerequisite to become President. As ridiculous as it is, it’s a problem Walker faces.
Gee, Obama has a degree and he’s doing such a good job, isn’t he?
Just because one is educated, does not mean one is smart.
It just means one is educated. In what field/topic is another question altogether.
-PJ
Ya....look at how important all of Obama’s bogus degrees were to his “success”.....
Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison -- the list goes on.
And Walker DID go to college. He left in what would have been his senior year.
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