You are right and I also have reservations about the sudden and apparently imminent coronation of Scott Walker. I am still lukewarm on Walker. I thought his speech at CPAC was fine and then he got thrown a few softball questions after. The gaffe comparing ISIS to union protesters was not stellar. I am concerned that Scott Walker cannot win a national election. We will see how he does in the GOP debates. I am on a wait and see mode.
No one is coronating Walker. What has happened is that the media tried a few "gotcha" questions, and he handled them much better than we usually expect from GOP candidates. Then the media got a whiny because Walker didn't play their game, and tried to hammer him with it anyway.
What this has done is make a lot of people more familiar with Walker, and a lot of them like what they see so far. And those who check a little bit further and see what he has accomplished in Wisconsin are even more impressed.
So yes, Walker is enjoying a bit of a boomlet in popularity right now. Whether that persists will be determined by how well he handles himself going forward, as well as by what people hear when he starts getting more specific about his positions on important national issues.
I am not a "Walker fan" or a "Cruz fan" or a "Perry fan" or even a "Palin fan" (okay, I lied about that one!). I think there are some good candidates in the field that have the ability to beat the pantsuits of Hillary, and right now I want to hear from each of them and see what they have to offer. I just don't understand the tendency of so many conservatives who are ready to tear down every candidate other than their own before the campaign even gets going.
People need to realize - with this many people in the race, there may be up to a 90% chance that the one candidate you like best right now won't be the one nominated. So find the candidate you like best and support him or her vigorously. Just keep your eyes open and try to find other candidates that you can still support if your preferred candidate get eliminated early.
Of course I realize there are potential candidates that some of you cannot support under any circumstances, and I respect that. But some of the people on this forum make it sounds like if ANYONE other than their preferred candidate is nominated, they will sit out the election. That may be the best choice in some cases (Christie, Bush, maybe one or two others), but it cant be the best choice in every case...