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Is Scott Walker too Midwestern to be president?
The Chicago Tribune ^ | February 5, 2015 | Aaron Blake

Posted on 02/05/2015 9:06:46 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: ncpatriot

I know Walker didn’t go to college, but we have had more than our share of Harvard and Yale grads. Would make an exception for Ted, but he did not surrender to their indoctrination.


41 posted on 02/05/2015 11:28:05 AM PST by RatRipper (Obama has made me the slave of sluggards.)
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To: conservativegranny

I posted this on another thread:


Here’s the problem: Walker is having to move left in his own state to ensure, well, that his own state will vote for him in the primaries which is not a given. A guy who’s polling badly at home? Not very assuring to the LIVers.

Now, assuming he’ll chameleon to secure the left of his own state, how far will he go left to get those chunks that Romney couldn’t? And this is all before the general in Nov. ‘16.

Now, if he wins POTUS, how far will he have to move left to secure his *second* term?

The fact that Walker isn’t moving RIGHT on *any* issue should tell you who he is, he’s Mitt Romney 25yrs younger but now with Mitt’s endorsement, voter base and donor rolls.

Nevermind all the things he’s done: where is the man *going*?


42 posted on 02/05/2015 12:14:19 PM PST by txhurl (When I see the establishment starting to attack Walker, then I'll know he's the real deal.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

...whether he’s too boring to win.”

Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, just sizzle with excitement.


43 posted on 02/05/2015 12:21:33 PM PST by DPMD
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The truth is Pawlenty is not a conservative or rather he is conservative-lite plus is personality deficient.

Walker might lack some charisma, compared to slick liars in the democRAT party but he's no Pawlenty.

44 posted on 02/05/2015 12:34:47 PM PST by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: txhurl

Excellent points!


45 posted on 02/05/2015 12:55:26 PM PST by conservativegranny
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To: RatRipper

“I know Walker didn’t go to college”

Just a small correction RatRipper. He did attend college. He attended Marquette University (a Catholic college in Milwaukee). However he didn’t finish his degree. He says he is working to finish it. I think he plans on finishing by the 2016 election.


46 posted on 02/05/2015 1:00:01 PM PST by conservativegranny
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To: Responsibility2nd

Well I think T-Paw was pushing cap n tax which just screamed RINO.


47 posted on 02/05/2015 1:48:38 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: originalbuckeye

Was Truman a Midwesterner or a Southerner? He was from Jackson County, which had a lot of Confederates, and Truman’s own ancestors supported the Confederacy.


48 posted on 02/05/2015 2:31:39 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: conservativegranny

Isn’t Marquette one of those colleges which was originally Catholic, but you wouldn’t know it from what goes on there now? (I haven’t been there but just recall reading stories about it.)


49 posted on 02/05/2015 2:33:54 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

I believe he frequently spoke of his Midwestern values.


50 posted on 02/05/2015 3:11:22 PM PST by originalbuckeye (Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Paine)
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To: Verginius Rufus

Yes. Sadly that is the case with a few other Catholic Universities as well.


51 posted on 02/05/2015 4:08:52 PM PST by conservativegranny
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