Posted on 04/20/2015 11:17:58 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Edited on 04/21/2015 12:15:39 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
CNN)Billionaire businessman and powerful Republican donor David Koch wants Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to be the next president but doesn't plan to financially back anyone during the primaries.
Koch made the comments Monday at a private gathering hosted by the New York State Republican Party at the Union League Club in Manhattan. They were described to CNN by two attendees who were in the room.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
".......This development, perhaps one of if not the biggest of the 2016 presidential campaign so far, comes as Walker has taken a commanding lead in polls in all three of the first GOP primary states: Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.
The reason why this development is so significant is that the two establishment-backed candidates, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, both have an in-depth understanding of the immigration issue and come down on the side that supports special interests’ desire for a massive increase in legal immigration that hurts American workers.
Meanwhile, Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rand Paul (R-KY)—who like Walker make up the more grassroots conservative side of the field—don’t really weigh in on the legal side of the immigration issue. So as Walker continues to gain traction as a potential candidate, and readies himself for a launch, it’s quite clear he’s making a significant effort to learn what he now clearly understands is one of the most under-appreciated angles of the jagged razor-edge issue of immigration—the angle that polling shows can help him clear the GOP field and easily eliminate Rubio and Bush, whose pro-open borders positions stand against American workers....."
Trying to figure out why this is news. Oh right, it’s CNN.
Scott Walker is miles ahead of the any other politician on immigration .
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3281362/posts
Not only is Walker against illegal immigration but also for reducing legal immigration.
also Look at Scott Walker’s RECORD as governor
1. lowered taxes
2. passed conservative laws over democrat and media opposition
3. passed right to work laws
4. balanced the budget while cutting taxes and turning a huge deficit into a surplus
5. acted against climate change and against unions
6. many more conservative results
7. defeated democrats more than anyone in history to pass conservative laws and he’s been governor only a short time
8. defeated democrats in several elections already some recall elections
9.public employee unions - we have no seniority or tenure,
10.we can hire and fire based on merit,
11.we can pay based on performance,
12.we’re the 25th state in the nation to have Right-To-Work,
13.we require photo ID for voting,
14.we’ve defunded Planned Parenthood
15.pushed pro-life legislation
16.we’ve passed concealed carry and castle doctrine,
17.we cut taxes by $2 billion—in fact property taxes are lower today than they were four years ago.
Actions, results matter. Walkers record is unmatched in history and he’s been governor only a short time
obama is ordering his FCC gestapo to regulate the Internet with Soros researched laws. That has to be stopped
Sounds like he’s undecided on whether he wants Walker or Cruz and is waiting to see who sticks his foot in his mouth first
Walker, unlike Paul, has not yet declared his candidacy."
“........Mr. Koch’s remark left little doubt among attendees of where his heart is, and could effectively end one of the most closely watched contests in the “invisible primary,” a period where candidates crisscross the country seeking not the support of voters but the blessing of their party’s biggest donors and fund-raisers.
Few donors have been courted as aggressively as the Kochs, whose network of political nonprofits, “super PACs” and like-minded donors plans to spend almost $900 million over the next two years advancing conservative candidates and policies.
Republican presidential contenders including Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey have sought out the men for private meetings in Wichita, Kan., and New York, joined them for rounds of golf, and sought coveted invitations to the brothers’ annual donor conference in Southern California. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky wrote an opinion article for Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” issue last week, praising the two men for their “passion for freedom and their commitment to ideas....”
Cruz / Walker , Walker / Cruz, their is no loose-loose, it is a win-win. Pence self destructed see my tagline we are down to our final two IMHO....
Cruz / Walker , Walker / Cruz,
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Not a bad final two. If they eventually team up for the top two spots, what a winning hand that would be.
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