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Scott Walker limps toward 2016 (uh, 7 point victory!)
politico.com ^ | 10/29/14 | Alexander Burns

Posted on 11/05/2014 12:52:30 PM PST by cotton1706

MILWAUKEE — In the glow of his recall election victory two years ago, Scott Walker looked like a conservative superhero — a soft-faced Midwestern man who stripped public unions of their negotiating powers then crushed their campaign to oust him in a special election. To admirers, he was more than a governor; he was a gladiator.

These days, Walker looks more like any ordinary Midwestern man.

The politician who confidently lectured Mitt Romney in 2012 (“He has to say that I’m a reformer like Scott Walker,” Walker told The Weekly Standard) has tumbled into yet another fight for his political life. Far from a conservative Clark Kent, Walker is visibly straining in the closing days of his race against Mary Burke, a wealthy former Trek Bicycle executive and member of the Madison School Board.

If Walker survives once more on Tuesday, it will represent another win for the divide-and-conquer strategy he has used since 2010 to become the dominant political figure in this traditionally Democratic state. It will also mark a downward revision of Walker’s own aspirations: Instead of realigning Wisconsin behind a new vision for conservative reform — and perhaps vaulting himself into the White House in the process — Walker is struggling to assemble a bare majority that will keep him in the job he has.

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Posting this story just for the pure enjoyment of sticking a thumb in the eye of the (previously) giddy liberals at Politico!
1 posted on 11/05/2014 12:52:30 PM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Enjoy it. I am.


2 posted on 11/05/2014 12:54:02 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens.)
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To: cotton1706

He would have had another point if we had voter ID.


3 posted on 11/05/2014 12:54:44 PM PST by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est. President zero gave us patient zero.)
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To: cotton1706

Much better this time around - schadenfreudalicious!


4 posted on 11/05/2014 12:54:57 PM PST by corkoman
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To: cotton1706

Seven points in Wisconsin is saying something. Limp would be the word if he won Nebraska-Idaho-Montana-Utah.


5 posted on 11/05/2014 12:55:13 PM PST by cicero2k
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To: cotton1706; Hunton Peck; Diana in Wisconsin; P from Sheb; Shady; DonkeyBonker; Wisconsinlady; ...

What they were saying just last week about Scott Walker!

FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.


6 posted on 11/05/2014 12:56:00 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: cotton1706

The demoncraps cannot come back from this shellacking. Every arsenal has been spent. When they had only the trotting out of the females with “War on Women” placards, that indicates that they are so morally bankrupt that they should be looking for headstones under which to bury their sorry @$$e$.


7 posted on 11/05/2014 12:57:12 PM PST by Slyfox (To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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To: cotton1706

So if Democrats win by 1 point, it’s called “creaming” or “Shellacking”. When Republicans win by 7 points, it’s called “limping”. Got it.


8 posted on 11/05/2014 12:58:17 PM PST by Politicalkiddo ("Our fertitlity is not a disease that needs to be medicated."- Lila Rose)
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To: cotton1706

Ha ha ha ..... My guess is that he’s the real threat to Hillary’s ambition.


9 posted on 11/05/2014 12:58:25 PM PST by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: cotton1706

Politico is a totally worthless left wing pig sty, posing as a news outlet.


10 posted on 11/05/2014 12:58:26 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Islam/ISIS = The Ebola of religious/political ideologies!)
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To: cotton1706

Politico should be found on the fiction rack at the bookstore. The author must be writing about some parallel bizarro universe, not the one I live in where Scott Walker beat his opponent like a rented mule.


11 posted on 11/05/2014 12:59:49 PM PST by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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The story is from the 29th , when they expected Walker to lose, or barely win.


12 posted on 11/05/2014 1:01:12 PM PST by cotton1706 (ThisRepublic.net)
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To: Grampa Dave
Politico is a totally worthless left wing pig sty, posing as a news outlet.

Happy to see they have abandoned the pretense of objectivity. It was getting old.


13 posted on 11/05/2014 1:01:29 PM PST by 867V309 (Crusade: the only solution.)
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To: cotton1706; BlackElk
At campaign stops this week, the 46-year-old Walker shouted himself hoarse defending his record on job creation, an unexpectedly contentious point in his record.

Nothing unexpected. Walker promised 250,000 new jobs. With Obama at the helm, and being handcuffed for the first two years with anti-Act 10 shenanigans and the recall (which made the job creators wait to see how things would turn out before expanding in WI), he wasn't able to meet that figure.

Everyone KNEW that would be a Dem talking point, as the were saying three months into his term, "Where's the 250,000 new jobs?"

Walker [ . . . ]shocked his allies in Washington by complaining openly that the national GOP hasn’t done enough to help his campaign.

The national GOP's neglact of this crucial race shocked faithful conseravtives and Republicans nationwide. Well, he now owes them NOTHING -- NADA.
14 posted on 11/05/2014 1:02:09 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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To: cotton1706

Walker should stay as governor. Jindal, Walker and other governors are terrible on immigration.

Gov Pat McCrory (NC) and Kris Kobach (SoS Kansas) 2016.


15 posted on 11/05/2014 1:02:25 PM PST by ObamahatesPACoal
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To: cotton1706

Right...people need to pay attention to the date of the article posted.

I think the big takeaway on this race is that this is one the Dems REALLY wanted. They spent a lot of money and still got beaten pretty easily. Scott Walker for 2016!


16 posted on 11/05/2014 1:03:31 PM PST by woweeitsme
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To: cotton1706

Remember the liberal mindset..its only a landslide when THEY win by 7+ points..when a Republican does it its called “Barely winning”


17 posted on 11/05/2014 1:03:38 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: cotton1706

Walker is incredible, actually. The GOP hopefully sees a winner who we can hitch our horse to. Even Karl Rove last night on Fox didn’t hesitate to praise Walker’s success.


18 posted on 11/05/2014 1:03:48 PM PST by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: cotton1706

Liberals don’t understand conservatives.

They could never understand why any one would vote for them.

The vote in Wisconsin came to them as a genuine shock.


19 posted on 11/05/2014 1:05:04 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: cotton1706

They still got it way wrong. If I recall, that was also after the last poll was released showing Walker had somehow “mysteriously” opened up a...surprise....seven point lead.


20 posted on 11/05/2014 1:05:29 PM PST by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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