It is a turf battle that the governor might or might not win, but he is trying. I would not be looking at this in a vacuum but rather asking what has worked well in other states.
It’s the nuts and bolts of being an executive.
Walker has a style that doesn’t animate, rally and mobilize the opposition. He just keeps doggedly pushing and then acts when he can. He keeps racking up successes, not making it personal and showing anger - just keeps pushing government to the right - dismantling as he goes.
The Left hasn’t figured out how to combat this. They’re used to someone running at them, which gives them time to coalesce the unions, universities, media and democratic party activists into an overwhelming force used to drive public opinion against an “evil” symbol. Scott doesn’t give them this tool (which the Left has fine tuned and uses very effectively - note the fear on Capital Hill to buck these forces on the Left).