Walker's not my first pick (Pence) but is near the top. Nobody can take away from him that he's won three times in a light blue state in the Midwest. Before that, he won Milwaukee County as an executive. That's despite taking on the unions. Unlike another governor in the Midwest that won before (Snyder), he's a not tax raising RINO.
Pence is - and has been for years - my first pick. If candidates were chosen at conventions, as they were back in the "old days," Pence would be the dark horse who would be chosen on the 123rd ballot in a deadlocked convention.