Posted on 06/04/2015 11:00:25 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
".................“I think that argument’s even truer now,” he said. “Almost all of the battleground states are led by Republican governors. … What our argument should be, when going into those states, is: Remember how things were messed up? You not only elected Rick Snyder (in Michigan), Rick Scott (Florida),Susana Martinez (New Mexico), but you re-elected them because they made things better.
“Imagine how much better if we could elect a reform-minded Republican like that to be president.”
That will require the GOP to win over voters who tend to back Democrats, such as those under age 25.
“I’ve got two sons in that category,” he said. “They’re much more libertarian than they are liberal. They don’t like ‘big’ anything: big unions, big government, big business for that matter. And so anything that makes it look like you’re making it easy for someone coming out of school to go out and live their life, that’s what my argument is. … The other side says it’s connected to you? Look: They want to keep permits, regulations, all these layers of government; that’s not good for you.”
Walker also cited his fights against seniority and tenure in the public sector as attractive to millennials, as well as another group Republicans must win over.
“Women are more likely at some point in their careers, particularly with families, to take some time off,” he said. “They come back into the workplace, even if they’re professionally of a higher merit, sometimes based on seniority or tenure restrictions they’re not able to compete at the same level as their peers who haven’t left the workplace. Those are all issues I think we can make compelling.”
Reining in an intrusive government has been compelling to voters in many states. It ought to resonate in a national election, too.
(Excerpt) Read more at kylewingfield.blog.ajc.com ...
you’re right, the gop is really sticking it to Obama right now aren’t they? oh, wait.....
bttt
The Republican governors are kicking butt.
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