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Scott Walker and the art of winning
The Week ^ | Jan 30, 2015 | Matt K. Lewis

Posted on 01/31/2015 10:17:36 PM PST by entropy12

What we really crave is a conservative winner who doesn't cave. And Scott Walker is very arguably that guy.

He won in 2010. He picked a fight with Big Labor and won. He survived a recall. And he won again in 2014 — by almost the same margin as he did in 2010. That's three wins in four years for a man who governed as a conservative reformer in a state that the Republican presidential nominee hasn't carried since 1984.

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TOPICS: Iowa; Wisconsin; Campaign News
KEYWORDS: 2016; 2016election; districtofcolumbia; election2016; gop; iowa; scott; scottwalker; walker; wisconsin
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To: SauronOfMordor
if Walker had any skeletons, the Dems would have found them by now

That is a great point. Yeah 3 elections in purple Wisconsin in 4 years!!

61 posted on 02/01/2015 10:47:26 AM PST by entropy12 (Dumb and Dumber to borrow money from China to protect oil flow to China from middle-east.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Name one blue state where, if you removed the heavily populated cities, it isn’t almost all red. Take away LA/SF and, voila, CA as red as it gets. Same for NY without NYC and its ‘burbs. IL without Chicago is nice and red. Etc., etc., etc. Nothing special about WI on that score.

But as noted here and elsewhere, WI has not given its electoral votes to a Republican presidential candidate since 1984 when Reagan swept the whole country, except his opponent’s home state.


62 posted on 02/01/2015 10:50:39 AM PST by EDINVA
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There is the argument to be made that our aging population needs tax paying immigrants (legal) to provide services (health, housekeeping, maintenance) to us aging folks. It seems to be beneath a lot of the youngsters here.

I’m not convinced, but the argument is supportable.


63 posted on 02/01/2015 11:20:51 AM PST by az wildkitten (7 years 'til I retire)
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To: az wildkitten

Robots. That’s what the Japanese are already doing.


64 posted on 02/01/2015 11:23:59 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: SauronOfMordor

Sorry, I was thinking of Cruz when I said they would wait until Sept. or Oct. to come out with their lies and propaganda against him.

Walker has already survived them.


65 posted on 02/01/2015 12:10:10 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: entropy12

Walker, the one guy every faction of the party can unite behind. Bump


66 posted on 02/01/2015 3:13:13 PM PST by CPT Clay (Follow me on Twitter @Clay N TX)
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To: CPT Clay

If conservative ever unite behind one guy, and I really don’t care who it is, RINO candidates are finished. He/she does not have to be pure as white snow, 100% right wing conservative. Just be someone electable. Someone who can steal votes from Hillary. Someone who will appeal to all factions of republicans and independents.


67 posted on 02/01/2015 5:19:31 PM PST by entropy12 (Dumb and Dumber to borrow money from China to protect oil flow to China from middle-east.)
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