Posted on 09/12/2015 11:07:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
yep when you are winning every age group in the state of Iowa you probably are going to do pretty well in the caucus
“One voter mistook him for Marco Rubio.”
That doesn’t say very much for Walker or Rubio.
That is a very interesting article, Vet. It’s really quite a stark comparison between what seems just a man who is a face in the crowd and a skyrocketing superstar.
Trump is a very unusual phenomenon. I have never seen anything like this in national politics in my lifetime. I was not expecting this to happen at all.
Trump gave Walker the "nice" tag.
I like Trump, but his candidacy reminds me a lot of the campaign Schwarzenegger ran in California. A lot of talk about turning the things around and tossing out the girly-men. They schooled him instead and eventually coopted him. Rush warned folks but the Golden State got the man they wanted.
Trump says all the right things, seems to have all the right enemies, and acts as if he has everything to gain and nothing to lose. A compelling combination in a candidate! But...
I want a proven foe of the Dems for President. Walker and Cruz were it for me. Walker seems to be quietly talking himself out of the job. Cruz and perhaps Kasich are about all we have left.
Overall, I think Trump proves the weakness of the GOP. We wouldn’t need a guy like him if there weren’t already two or three confident, plain-speaking, and proven candidates out there.
In fairness to Schwarzenegger, he had an overwhelmingly Democrat legislature to work with, or try to work with.
Yes, the dreaded ‘nice’ tag. It’s like the kiss of death. Lol
Definitely an endorsement of Walker
I get your point about the Schwartzenegger/Trump comparison, but I think the similarities are mostly superficial. For one thing, Schwartzenegger was an actor/body builder. He had no significant business experience or managerial experience - at least not in comparison to Trump. For another thing, he was as beholden to the donor class as all the other politicians are. When that’s your reality, your principles can be easily compromised because you live and breath by making your donors happy, instead of delivering what you promised, to the voters. That’s a big difference between him and Trump.
Kasich is just plain awful. A definite plan B (or so) for the manipulators. He’s all Chamber-of-Commerce, reward the big donors, while towns and cities are starved for cash.
Kasich is a warm bucket of spit. He ain’t no conservative and likes sucking the federal teet to the point where Ohio will live to rue the day he accepted Ocare money and mandates
He tried but the union machine in California (led by the teachers and SEIU) absolutely Willie Browned him
It’s interesting to see the coordination of Politico and Hillary in trying to demean Walker.
And interesting as well, it is done to build up Trump at Walker’s expense.
Trump likes unions. Walker fought and won against unions who were bankrupting his state and bleeding the tax payers dry.
Arnold was a parasitic opportunist and never a conservative.
He had nothing to do with making the recall happen.
He has no excuses nor should there be any for him.
I never said he was a conservative. I voted for McClintock so I did as much as any conservative could.
You must admit though that the unions and lefties beat the heck out of him and a series of propositions that would have changed much of what happened in California had they passed
I voted for McClintock too.
Daryl Issa made it happen. He should have been the candidate.
Walker loses to Trump in the Battle of the Tailgates at Iowa State football game. Faulty speakers are partly to blame.
FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.
Union,mob,ethnic group? Trump learned to deal with them all through his father. He mentioned last week how as he wee playing on the floor with blocks his dad was on the phone to plumbers and electricians negotiating contracts. Finished the part about Fred in the book THE TRUMPS last night. The plumbers and electricians were controlled by the toughest mobs in NYC.
no Schwarzenegger was just bad news for this state...All you need to know about him was that he pardoned a man guilty of cold blooded murder just because the mans parents were his close friends. the guy is all about cronyism and some people being more special then others because who they are related to. Schwarzenegger was a fake republican and only claimed the title because it helped with his persona that he used to get people into his movies
Arnold was married to a Kennedy! That alone spells trouble ahead!
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