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No diploma, no problem: Scott Walker inherits the ‘Romney vote’ says new Iowa poll
The Washington Times ^ | Tuesday, February 17, 2015 | Jennifer Harper

Posted on 02/18/2015 11:21:20 AM PST by Brown Deer

The catcalling press continues to trail after Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, hoping to make an issue over his lack of a college diploma, among other things. But no matter. Mr. Walker’s grass-roots appeal and business acumen have made him the victor in a new poll of Iowa voters who rank him top dog among 2016 GOP contenders. The governor garnered 24 percent of the vote; Jeb Bush and Sen. Rand Paul are tied for second place, each with 10 percent. Gov. Chris Christie is in third, followed by Sen. Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Ben Carson, Sen. Ted Cruz and Carly Fiorina. A previous poll in January found Mitt Romney in the lead, this before he ducked out of the White House race — but someone has inherited the Mitt mantle.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 2016; gop; scottwalker
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To: jjotto
Walker has advantages in Iowa.

I like Walker. His victories in WI indicate he has the potential to win the Rust Belt states in the general. Given the GOP lock on the red states, that's all he needs to do to get to the White House. Assuming he gets the nomination.

21 posted on 02/18/2015 12:19:44 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Brown Deer

Arnold Shwarzeneggar got a diploma through online study. Scott Walker could have done the same. I personally have a college diploma. It has traditionally been seen as a sign of applying oneself to achieve a goal. I’m not going to excuse Scott Walker on this failure. Not having a diploma is a major drawback in this race. He could at least have completed what he started instead of dropping out. My parents always told me when I started college, If you get two years in, we hope you’ll finish your degree.


22 posted on 02/18/2015 12:22:11 PM PST by Ciexyz
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To: ameribbean expat
If you ask me, not having a college diploma gives scott walker a leg up on the Reagan coalition crossovers, at least in the Midwest and south.

Romney could have gotten those votes, if he hadn't penned that stupid WSJ op-ed opposing the Detroit bailout. And then said those things about firing people and the 47%. Because unlike Aspergery personalities with borderline-genius IQ like Romney, the average working class person has been laid off before and been on unemployment.

23 posted on 02/18/2015 12:24:50 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Ciexyz

So, George Washington must have been a huge failure? ;-)


24 posted on 02/18/2015 12:27:12 PM PST by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: Zhang Fei

He has a public record of actually fighting, not just talking and writing. Whatever his other purported problems, that makes him formidable.

His financial backers include Sheldon Adelson and Richard DeVos (Amway).

I don’t think most people understand how much trash that has been thrown at Walker.


25 posted on 02/18/2015 12:32:48 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Brown Deer

College degree = proof that you were capable of showing up to class most of the time and regurgitating your notes onto a test sheet.


26 posted on 02/18/2015 12:42:34 PM PST by Yashcheritsiy (It's time to repeal and replace the GOP)
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To: Brown Deer

George Washington, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs all were massive failures.


27 posted on 02/18/2015 12:50:49 PM PST by RowdyYates
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To: Yashcheritsiy
College degree = proof that you were capable of showing up to class most of the time and regurgitating your notes onto a test sheet.

Formal schooling hasn't been about education since the mid-nineteenth century.

The Underground History of American Education (Video)

The Underground History of American Education (PDF Book)

28 posted on 02/18/2015 12:55:10 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: RowdyYates; Ciexyz

and I wonder what Ciexyz has achieved in comparison to any of them or Scott Walker?


29 posted on 02/18/2015 12:57:58 PM PST by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: Brown Deer
I will not minimize anyone's dedication of their time and money toward a college degree (I have a few of those sheepskins myself). It didn't come easy to most of us.

That said, I cannot see how a college degree would help determine if someone would make a good executive leader. Outside the physical sciences, very few college courses reflect how things are done in the real world.

If we ranked the top 5 worst Presidents, how many had college degrees?

Successfully managing a business in the real world is probably the best indicator for success in government executive positions.

30 posted on 02/18/2015 1:04:58 PM PST by DesertSapper (Becoming more libertarian (small 'l') by the day)
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To: Brown Deer

The current administration is very elitist - must have an advanced degree and from one of the Ivy League schools. And these are the people who built economic models that assumed real estate couldn’t go down in value, causing a Great Recession, formulated economic policies that require tons of regulations that prolonged the Great Recession based on political ideals, and try to enforce social engineering and costly policies based on climate models that can’t explain the lack of warming since 2000.
In short, they are so smart they put more faith in their theories than most people put in their reality. And their models don’t match reality, but they do deride those who challenge the validity of their models and faith therein.
At least those clinging to guns and God admit their faith is actually a religion.


31 posted on 02/18/2015 1:11:53 PM PST by tbw2
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To: Norseman

I like the fact that he successfully made his state right to work and reined in the teacher’s union.


32 posted on 02/18/2015 1:12:32 PM PST by tbw2
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To: tbw2

besides those things how does he stand on immigration, abortion, homosexual agenda and the TEA Party?

Are any of his FR supporters going to bother checking?


33 posted on 02/18/2015 1:13:46 PM PST by GeronL
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To: Zhang Fei
I like Walker. His victories in WI indicate he has the potential to win the Rust Belt states in the general. Given the GOP lock on the red states, that's all he needs to do to get to the White House. Assuming he gets the nomination.

concurring bump...take a look at this map of states suing Obama for a potential road map to 2016.


34 posted on 02/18/2015 1:19:11 PM PST by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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To: nascarnation

If you take out the full-term governors, you are left with: Paul, Rubio, Santorum, Carson, Cruz, Fiorina.


35 posted on 02/18/2015 1:44:18 PM PST by Lisbon1940
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To: Ciexyz

Yeah, like the mechanic who works on our vehicles. He has a thriving business, and he’s a millionaire. But he doesn’t have a degree.

Next time I see him, I’ll be sure to express my sympathy for his failure in life.


36 posted on 02/18/2015 1:45:14 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: Lisbon1940

Carson is an Ivy
Rubio is a lawyer.
Cruz is both (double fail)


37 posted on 02/18/2015 1:50:47 PM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: Ciexyz
Arnold Shwarzeneggar got a diploma through online study. Scott Walker could have done the same. I personally have a college diploma. It has traditionally been seen as a sign of applying oneself to achieve a goal. I’m not going to excuse Scott Walker on this failure. Not having a diploma is a major drawback in this race. He could at least have completed what he started instead of dropping out. My parents always told me when I started college, If you get two years in, we hope you’ll finish your degree.
I remember like it was yesterday - and believe me, it wasn’t - fussing around with preparations for the graduation ceremony, and reflecting on the fact that if I walked away at that point, and never actually got the degree, I would know precisely as much as if I had picked up the diploma. And much the same logic applies to a man who dropped out of college in his senior year, as Walker did. Add to that the fact that every school and every degree program has different requirements, and the conceit that a successful governor needs validation from some college dean becomes silly.

38 posted on 02/18/2015 2:09:21 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism' is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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To: tbw2

A little correction. He did not make WI a right to work state. Our legislature wanted to push that forward this year and Walker asked them not to. He said it was a “distraction”.

He did however sign Act 10 which reined in the public unions.


39 posted on 02/18/2015 3:56:28 PM PST by conservativegranny
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To: GeronL

Nope. It seems that the criteria for some Walker supporters are that he:

Has no college degree
Isn’t a lawyer
Stood up to the teacher’s union


40 posted on 02/18/2015 3:58:21 PM PST by conservativegranny
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