No, this is liberals projecting their failures onto Walker.
Walker has nothing to gain by meeting with loser Barrett.
FWIW, and I don't particularly like Kasich for his priorities, Kasich gained a lot by meeting with the inner city crowd about difficult issues. The dems ran a flawed candidate for governor and almost every district in OH voted for Kasich.
If Walker wants to be president, he has to have those tough meetings and demonstrate an ability to turn them to his advantage and to the advantage of the cities that are being destroyed by all of this.