Much as I like Walker - he’s been my top choice - it’s sounding like it’s time for him to pack it in. I guess quantifiable success and an ability to convincingly beat democrats don’t cut it these days. Ah, well.
I love Walker also. The problem is he just isn’t fast enough on his feet to keep up with the national media interchange.
For those of you that do not know him from Wisconsin, his main message that worked here (and he delivered on once in office) was a more specific problem to Wisconsin where the govt. unions had taken over day to day operation of the State for their own interests.
Walker worked that important (but local angle) for over a decade. It allowed him to create solutions and rehearse them enough to explain them well. But the national jetstream of issues is too fast moving. Walker couldn’t keep up.
The ironic part is that a critical component of Walker’s support was from private sector manufacturing workers either laid off or who had their jobs downgraded due to foreign competition over the years. These folks didn’t like being forced to pay taxes over and over again to support much better paid WI State govt. workers. These are precisely the people impacted by low paying foreign workers flooding the US.
But Walker’s donors were big GOPe business interests so he couldn’t use Trump’s message.
I see Walker as a low energy-type of candidate, but he does have a reasonable resume. However, his waffling on a few key items has left people confused at this time.
Hang on....I think Carson and Carly will take a dive shortly. Walker and Cruz will rise.
Scott was my first choice for a long time too... He’s a good man.