[Dr. Sivana]

Walker could have been what Trump is now. If he hadn’t waffled on immigration and got in bed with the GOPe there wouldn’t be a Trump for the GOP to worry about.

It wasn't an issue he was ever going to get worked about, so it would (rightly) come across as inauthentic. You want to cut spending and taxes, and pass common sense reforms with a pinch of non-PC? He's your man, making the plan, executing the plan. But he's also naturally mild and measured, and the country isn't up for that right now.

[Reaper19]

The country hasn’t been in the mood for that for a long time. In national politics it seems that flash wins out over substance. Take a drink of water walk talking? Give a semi-bad response to a State of the Union speech that no one will remember? You’re done. It is compounded by the right’s obsession with debates and debate performance, something I’m guilty of big time.