Looks like the GOPe and the media have found some ammo for the conservative circular firing squad. The goal is to pick off Walker, pick off Cruz, relegate the rest to “not a serious contender” status, and yet again let the MSM, the DNC, and the GOPe pick the candidate that THEY want.
WRONG, factoryrat. The goal is siphon voters away from Cruz, and folks who do shallow research think Walker is "as good as" Cruz, when a little bit of research shows that Walker is "as good as" Bush, Huck and Christie and the rest of the GOPe.
The difference is that Bush, Christie, etc., pose ZERO threat to Cruz in terms of competing for Cruz voters in the primaries. Walker, on the other hand, poses a HUGE threat to a good outcome in the primaries. There's only going to be room for ONE true limited government conservative in the GOP primary, just one. Walker is perceived (wrongly,I am beginning to suspect as I become better informed) as a "conservative as good as Cruz, Cruz or Walker either one is okay with me!" And that is a bad thing for Cruz and a bad thing for America.
There's no "circular firing squad." The only people who ever complain about a "circular firing squad" are people who are complaining about fellow conservatives who reject their Republican favorite. The term "circular firing squad" is trying to say, "Well, everybody is doing it so everyone is to blame." Moral relativism crap. There is no "circular firing squad." There are leftists on the left side of the GOP tent, and conservatives on the other side.
Any idea of there being a "circle" is strictly for the purpose of self-appeasement.