Repositioning Scott Walker [NYT publishes racist rant]

New York Times ^ | April 29, 2015 | Thomas B. Edsall

[Cincinatus' Wife]

".....Even as he shifts to the right, however, Walker, a preternaturally careful candidate, is avoiding any explicit suggestion that he is the champion of disaffected white voters. Still, key policy positions — particularly his changing stance on immigration and his attacks on public sector unions — reveal a carefully directed appeal. In 2011, Walker successfully sponsored legislation repealing most collective bargaining rights for government employees. Walker’s anti-union initiative has made him a folk hero to conservatives concerned about what they see as the expanding power of government.

In a recent paper, “The Whiteness of Wisconsin’s Wages,” Dylan Bennett, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, and Hannah Walker, a doctoral candidate in political science at the University of Washington, argue that “Governor Walker and his allies activated the racial animus of white workers.”

Bennett and Walker contend that gutting the power of public sector unions serves as a vehicle to disempower African-American workers, “for whom the public sector is the single most important source of employment.”

According the authors, the purpose of the attacks on public employees is to suggest that “those who receive from the taxpayers are dependent and morally corrupt. The link to blackness is silent and efficient.”........

....Seeking insight into Walker’s tactics, I emailed Sean Trende, a senior elections analyst for RealClearPolitics, who has argued that a political strategy calling for boosting white turnout — as opposed to trying to increase minority support — remains a viable Republican option, despite the growing number of minority voters. I wrote to Trende as follows: “My impression is that Scott Walker is developing a campaign based on the premise that an expanded white electorate can be the basis of victory in 2016. Your thoughts?”......

[Cincinatus' Wife]

But this divide and conquer liberal writer would tell us so and have many believing it - thinking Walker was out to get them just because they’re black.

These liberals are despicable.

[Dr. Sivana]

But this divide and conquer liberal writer would tell us so and have many believing it - thinking Walker was out to get them just because they’re black.

Their approach is like heroin. The more they use it, the more that is needed to get the sdame effect. Before you know it, the media in Wisconsin sounds like the front page of the "Weekly World News" (Scott Walker Responsible for Bat Boy).

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Now the NYT has changed the article name it had this morning to:

“Enter Scott Walker, Stage Right”