Posted on 07/02/2015 10:24:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin spent months persuading influential Republicans that he alone had the impressive conservative achievements and mainstream American appeal needed to not only win the party’s nomination but also recapture the White House.
Breakout performances on the stump in Iowa early this year vaulted Mr. Walker, who is expected to officially enter the presidential race this month, into the lead in polls in the state with the nation’s first nominating contest, and cemented him among the top three Republican contenders in most national surveys.
But the expectations created by that early prominence, as well as a growing threat from conservative firebrands like Senator Ted Cruz, have taken a toll. To protect his lead in Iowa, a state with a heavily conservative Republican electorate, Mr. Walker has taken a harder line on a number of issues than his allies had anticipated.
Now a growing number of party leaders say Mr. Walker is raising questions about his authenticity and may be jeopardizing his prospects in states where voters’ sensibilities are more moderate....
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NY Times is obviously biased against white, heterosexual men.
Because that’s all they criticise.
Well, if the New York Times says so, it MUST be true!
“Walker is the only candidate with a record to prove that he fulfills both of those requirements.”
You know, NO one has cut government programs and unreasonable benefits other than Walker.
And he did it in a Dem0’rat state.
ditto - ‘hard-right turn’. Has the NY Times ever used such language on Queen Hillary?
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