Posted on 07/13/2015 1:15:34 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Shortly before Scott Walker was re-elected Wisconsin’s Governor for the third time in four years, I made the case that if Walker prevailed Republicans should nominate him as their presidential candidate right then and there. Since January, Walker has been at or near the top of most public opinion polls of preferred standard bearers for the GOP in 2016, and today he officially launches his White House bid, making him the 15th Republican to join the field. While this field is quite crowded, I believe it will soon become apparent that Scott Walker stands out head and shoulders above the rest. Here are the six reasons why I believe Walker will not only win the GOP nomination, but be elected President in November 2016.
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Conclusion
Obviously all of this is far easier said than done. Walker’s opponents in the Republican field aren’t going to roll over and play dead for him nor should they. Should Walker continue to resonate with Republican voters, his opponents will go at him with everything they’ve got. Yet they can’t take away the fact that Walker has been a successful conservative governor in a blue state during the Obama era and has been twice re-elected in the space of four years despite the slings and arrows from the liberal hate machine. If that hasn’t prepared him for the Republican primary season and the presidential election, nothing will.
I believe the combination of his status as a middle class non-college graduate, his ability to talk to people and not at them, the good judgment to choose his battles wisely, a calm and reasonable demeanor that will appeal to Republicans and non-Republicans alike, his basic decency and the wherewithal to withstand the liberal hate machine will result in Scott Walker being elected the 45th President of the United States.
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Heard him speak.. little charisma.. afraid to say anything..
He does DO STUFF tho... but is not good with crowds..
Most politicians aren’t.. He isn’t..
Maybe could be trained.. currently a sleeper..
Heard him speak.. little charisma.. afraid to say anything..
He does DO STUFF tho... but is not good with crowds..
Most politicians aren’t.. He isn’t..
Maybe could be trained.. currently a sleeper..
What kind of language is that?
Honest..
Blech
bttt!
Stop and think about that. Why would he do something like that? He didn't. He didn't have standing to do anything against the prosecutor. People have pushed back and its working it's way through the courts.
I don’t know. He could speak out against the concept itself, in the abstract, without inserting himself into an ongoing case. But I see your point and am willing to accept his inaction on this. Although I do so with some actual physical pain in my body when I think about it.
Be that as it may, I could get behind Walker if he builds momentum. But I won’t be part of the momentum building, at least in the early days, if it is to happen.
Okay.
Let’s put it this way. Trump won me over, at least for now, though part of that is that I envision an alliance between Trump and Cruz.
But Walker could win me over, too. I’m not hard-and-fast on anybody right now. I just can’t ABIDE the thought of a Jeb nomination and I see Trump blocking that.
If Walker can steal Trump’s thunder and become the voice of the anti-Bush in the Republican Party, I could easily get behind him. He does have it in him, given his fights in the past... but we’ll have to see. Does he REALLY have it in him... we’ll have to see.
Walker has to do it himself. We can’t do it for him.
I hear ya.
: )
Burp...
I hope and pray that you are right. (that he’ll be elected) I’d hate lose him for anything less.
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