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Republican power brokers think Scott Walker just isn’t ready. Do they have a point?
Hotair ^ | 02/27/2015 | Noah Rothman

Posted on 02/27/2015 7:27:08 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: DiogenesLamp

Well, Walker would be my pick. Only because he has Executive experience as Governor. These are things that Cruz needs experience with .. and as VP, he could be under the radar (so to speak) and a tremendous asset with his great knowledge of the Constitution. I believe he would be invaluable in sheparding the Justice Dept back to where it belongs; by interviewing all the attorneys who work there.

This would definitely be a dream-team .. and Cruz would come out of 8 years as part of that team .. able to pick a running mate with the same (team) view for his Oval Office terms. Who that might be .. I don’t have a clue.


61 posted on 02/27/2015 8:23:53 AM PST by CyberAnt ("The hope and changey stuff did not work, even a smidgen.")
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To: TYVets

Gov. Walker will kneel to Reince Preibus when the time is right. He really isn’t ready for primetime, although he was right in the answers he gave the media, concerning Guiliani’s criticisms and Obama’s faith.


62 posted on 02/27/2015 8:25:29 AM PST by rabidralph
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To: VanDeKoik
Democrats are not the same as the 24/7/365 media machine that the left of today has that can run attacks from multiple vectors almost at will. Where narratives can be launched from Tumblr, amplified on Reddit, spread through Twitter/Facebook/HuffPo, echoed on MSNBC and the NY Times, and then solidified on the Daily Show, and then given “royal assent” on NPR

And how is any other candidate going to fare better with the left's PR machines? Oh Bush will in the beginning or at least look like he is. Like Romney, they'll let him get in then destroy him with some backroom 47% comment. What needs to happen is that we learn to run against these people not from them.

63 posted on 02/27/2015 8:28:28 AM PST by Kenny (,)
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To: MrB
Yet, somehow, George Bush I (who won in 1988 only on Reagan's coattails), Bob Dole, John McCain, Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush were all "ready", weren't they?

If "ready" means "ready to lose", then I suppose they have a point.

64 posted on 02/27/2015 8:28:36 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Of course they do. He hasn’t had his spine or balls removed yet.....


65 posted on 02/27/2015 8:29:50 AM PST by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
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To: SeekAndFind

They do have a point but it is on the top of their smug stupid heads. Walker is the best candidate in the field by far.


66 posted on 02/27/2015 8:30:17 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: SeekAndFind
I would be happy with a Cruz/Walker ticket.

Palin - Sec. of State.

67 posted on 02/27/2015 8:31:20 AM PST by TexasCajun
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To: SeekAndFind

It amazes me the Democrats can run any simpleton bastard (meant literally, Clinton and Obama), and the Republican party treats them like statesmen. But if there is a photograph of a Republican candidate with a few hairs out of place they have to be tossed aside. Nope, no way that person can win, and the Republicans have such a stellar track record of winning presidential contests.


68 posted on 02/27/2015 8:31:23 AM PST by Yogafist
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To: Vigilanteman

The media want Jeb to lose to Hillary in 2016.
That’s what they’ll push for.


69 posted on 02/27/2015 8:33:48 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: DiogenesLamp

I think what we need is a Cruz/Walker or Walker/Cruz ticket. Both these guys have solid idea’s (namely returning to the Constitution) in how to correct America. The potential for 16 years of a conservative Presidency is there.


70 posted on 02/27/2015 8:34:20 AM PST by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The mere THOUGHT of Walker winning the nomination has them shaking like sh**ing dogs.


71 posted on 02/27/2015 8:42:21 AM PST by Buckeye Battle Cry (Hey Obama! Wake up and piss! The World's on FIRE!)
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72 posted on 02/27/2015 8:59:19 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: SeekAndFind

The power brokers want tax money to continue flowing into K Street and Wall Street. Walker will turn off the spigot.


73 posted on 02/27/2015 8:59:23 AM PST by mom.mom
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To: SeekAndFind

No.


74 posted on 02/27/2015 9:08:16 AM PST by jimfree (In November 2016 my 14 y/o granddaughter will have more quality exec experience than Barack Obama)
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To: SeekAndFind

No.


75 posted on 02/27/2015 9:08:27 AM PST by jimfree (In November 2016 my 14 y/o granddaughter will have more quality exec experience than Barack Obama)
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To: SeekAndFind

The “power brokers” don’t have the power to get a Republican elected, just enough to ensure another democrat president and at this rate the last president. We don’t really have 28 choices when you consider we HAVE to WIN this time. We have ONE, possibly two, CRUZ and possibly Walker. Come on Newt, get on board, tell the truth, be a “Power Broker”.


76 posted on 02/27/2015 9:09:12 AM PST by duffee (Dump the Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party, joe nosef.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m a Cruz guy (obviously) and will do what I can to get him nominated. That said, I could and would back Walker or Jindle if they win. But nobody else. Esp Jeb:(

Jeb:( <—new Jeb symbol thing like Hillary! symbol thing


77 posted on 02/27/2015 9:09:59 AM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (Run Ted, Run!!! Mors continere monstra)
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To: SeekAndFind
Clear-eyed conservatives should perhaps take a critical look at Walker’s level of preparedness.

We have, and we like what we see. Noah Rothman (Who the hell is Noah Rothman? What has he ever done?) should remove his face from Jeb Bush's rump, and clean the debris from his eyes ... and then he should become a conservative. This would perhaps begin to make him qualified to talk about what clear-eyed conservatives should do.

“If I can take on 100,000 protesters, I can do the same across the globe,” Walker said of ISIS.

“That is a terrible response,” Geraghty wrote.

Geraghty is full of feces. Who's "Jim Geraghty", and what worthwhile thing has he ever accomplished?

Seriously ... is he anything other than a paid blabbermouth?

78 posted on 02/27/2015 9:16:33 AM PST by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: SeekAndFind

Yeah! Cuz winning an election, surviving a recall election and being re-elected after your policies are shown to work is NEVER a good basis of experience for DC cronyism!


79 posted on 02/27/2015 9:26:59 AM PST by CSM
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To: Fightin Whitey

>> no fricking anchor babies.<<

So, no Walker unless he gets the Constitution amended first?


80 posted on 02/27/2015 9:27:10 AM PST by Norseman (Defund the Left-Completely!)
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