I had the same thought. He doesn’t seem like he thinks much on his own. I had high hopes for him, but he’s done nothing except react.
I'll be more charitable. Walker looked to be more of a young, rising star in the Republican Party. The Republican elite puppetmasters seem to have hijacked him and thrust him in the national spotlight before his views were fully formed. As a result, we don't know who he is.
Best thing he could do for himself is drop out, stay far away from the consultants such as George Will's wife who want to define him. Spend the next 12 years as governor, Senator, whatever experiences he chooses to enhance his resume.
But he keeps this up, he's going to be another has-been bought and paid for by the puppetmasters. He'll never get to define himself.
“Me-too” is not really a courageous position to take, especially in politics, but it is fine for protective coloration.
Now I have been supporting Scott Walker with a continuous stream of small contributions, starting when he was embattled within the State Capitol walls and up against a recall election. That he won that recall, perhaps one of the very few times that ANY officeholder in this country has ever accomplished that feat, and I still believe he is of inestimable value in showing us all how to govern from even a minority position (Wisconsin had, curiously, been a “blue” state for some time now), but perhaps he had something to do with turning the leftward “progressive” drift around.
After all, Wisconsin was one of the birthplaces of the “Progressives”, with the La Follette family, and it was closely related to the “Progressives” of New York State, arising about the time of Teddy Roosevelt.
Any place a rollback of “progressives” can happen, shows us that this drift is not necessarily inevitable. For this reason, I still support Scott Walker.