Posted on 03/30/2016 8:34:06 AM PDT by conservativejoy
On a cool evening in Madison this past September, Scott Walker courageously faced the music. Recognizing that his campaign’s momentum had been irreparably stifled, he gracefully excused himself from the ranks of the Republican nomination contest.
The media and the party were abuzz. Walker was a dream nominee for the Republicans in the general election. A governor in a blue state, Walker defied the intense opposition of the left at every turn. When unions and Democratic leaders railed against him, he beat them. When they tried to remove him with a recall election, he beat them again. When they tried to make him a one-term governor, he beat them yet again. And at a time where cracks were already becoming visible in the Republican facade, Walker was near-universally beloved across every demographic of the party. So why now? The Wisconsin governor made his intentions abundantly clear that evening: the conservative movement had to coalesce around one candidate who could stop Donald Trump.
This explanation, of course, didn’t work for the pundits. After all it was September, and there were still months to go before Iowa. Everyone remained steadfastly confident that Trump’s campaign was a circus sideshow, an entertaining, reality TV fever dream that we would all eventually wake up from. Something would sink him, be it a scandal, a gaffe, or the Republican electorate simply becoming bored and weary with his antics. But the governor saw the writing on the wall, and he implored the other candidates and his fellow conservatives to see it too.
Walker didn’t have to drop out of the race when he did. He could have dug in his heels and declared that only he had the answers to our nation’s ills. He could have flown in the face of polling and common sense and defiantly lingered in the race until his home state’s primary next week, where he undoubtedly would have won. Wisconsin Republicans rightfully adore their governor after all. But during an election where our party could not afford egotism and hubris, Walker swallowed his pride and did right by his principles and his country. And on Tuesday, as conservatives nationwide continue to come to grips with a reality foretold by Walker six months ago and attempt to make a final stand in what few remaining primary states we have left, the governor once again did his part by swooping in with an endorsement for Senator Ted Cruz, in a state where he simply cannot afford to fail.
It’s unclear what the Republican Party will look like once this tumultuous election cycle comes to an end. But the conservative movement will remain, and at the forefront of that movement should be Scott Walker: the hero conservatives deserved, but not the one we knew we needed until now.
I was never a Walker supporter, but when he did the right thing by exiting the race, he earned my respect. If Rubio, Kasich, and Bush had been as honest, this race would be entirely different now.
So....like, uhhhhh........THIS is the site that just got $3 million from an ANTI-TRUMP PAC, right? I just want to be sure.
He dropped out because he couldn’t afford to continue. Nothing noble about that.
Oh, it still is... it's only a matter of whether it ends in August or November.
Reprise of Scott Walker’s reasons for his early exit from the Presidential campaign.
FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.
Walker is GOPe - part of the same establishment of Ryan, Priebus, Rove, and Romney.
Walker failed to follow through Wisconsin job creation promises, Wisconsin’s economic performance really does not differ much from neighboringo Democratic Minnesota, and he is not very popular in the state.
Let’s not let whatever animuses people have against Donald Trump lead to an all of the sudden love affair with the GOPe and its pols.
We could probably have some real fun naming all the internet sites that have been bought and paid for this election.
You Erick, “where incompetence meets arrogance”, Erickson, how much did the GOPE pay you for this fluff job?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3415485/posts
Erick Erickson Website “Resurgent” Paid By Pro-Cruz/Anti-Trump “Our Principles PAC”
Fortunately, your timing has been perfect this election. Thanks for coming out.
Whoever opposes Trump is GOPe?
You said something nice about Scott Walker! I’m headin’ to the window to watch for flying pigs. :{)
Really ? A politician deciding to stop, when there was no more money ? Heck, that’s about as unusual as it gets. . .
LOL! I like pink flying pigs best.:)
Yep....no bias there!! LOLOL.
No thanks!!
The only reason Walker accomplished what he did was because of republican state senate majority. He failed Wisconsin because he put his own political ambitions and his big money backers ahead of the great people of this state. At some point, in what could have been a once in a lifetime politician, he sold out. Shame
Difference between Erickson, and the other websites, is Erickson postures as an “anti Establishment Grass roots activist” while being bankrolled by the GOPE. It is false advertising at best.
Nice rhetoric....please provide some facts to go with it
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