Posted on 03/09/2015 5:37:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A new survey of conservative activists shows many in the movement see Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as the strongest Republican to take on Hillary Clinton in 2016.
The survey wasn't scientific. But conservative activist group ForAmerica surveyed almost 10,000 of its Facebook members and more than 32 percent said Walker has the "best shot at beating Hillary Clinton" in the field, according to results shared first with National Journal.
Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon who has never held elected office, finished in second, with nearly 25 percent of the vote.
Sen. Ted Cruz (14 percent), Sen. Rand Paul (6.6 percent) and Jeb Bush (3.9 percent) rounded out the top five. Bush, who is expected to blow past his potential presidential rivals in fundraising this quarter, also finished fifth in the recent Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll.
ForAmerica, which is run by David Bozell and chaired by his father, Brent Bozell, has vowed to hold Republicans' feet to the fire in 2016 for hewing to a conservative line. Already, the group has skewered Bush for giving Clinton a public service award.
The ForAmerica survey included eight candidates (the others were Rick Perry, who finished with 3.3 percent, and Bobby Jindal and Chris Christie at 1.9 percent apiece). Members could also pencil in others, and Mike Huckabee led the write-in category, receiving pulling in 1.3 percent.
In anonymous comments shared by ForAmerica that accompanied the survey, the GOP activists didn't sound particularly enthused with the field. "We are screwed!!" lamented one. "None of these jokers," chimed in another.
Sarah Palin, Scott Walker, and Ted Cruz have all said in the past that they supported "a pathway to citizenship."
I do not care about past statements. I am looking at which presidential candidate will pledge to support border security and uphold immigration laws going forward.
I am asking you to post a link to any legislation that Walker proposed or signed into law that benefitted illegal aliens as Governor.
Agreed. So true.
I hate to post this twice in one day, but you earned it.
ME NEITHER! I'M ON YOUR SIDE! YEAH! LET'S DO SHOTS!
But who do you trust to secure the borders? Jeb? Rubio? Grahamnesty? Huckster?
Your choices are Walker or Cruz or Palin, assuming she runs.
Don't look at past statements. What counts is the candidate's sincerity and trustworthiness on the issue. Walker was naïve, the base reacted, and he corrected his stand. It happens.
Sorry Brent Bosell is not my go to guy for conservative information
I stand with Ted
Not with me.
He MIGHT ... , but I WON’T ! ! !
Good, Cruz doesn’t want your kind.
“Name one piece of pro-illegal alien legislation that Walker has proposed or signed.”
When he was county executive in 2002 he signed a resolution passed by the Milwaukee County Board that was in support of amnesty.
http://www.nationalreview.com/sites/default/files/021315_MilwaukeeCountyResolution.pdf
He hasn’t signed any such bill as governor however I do not believe that anything like that was passed in the state legislature.
Illegal Immigration hasn’t been an issue at the forefront in WI.
Walker? Absolutely no way!
It is letting Democrats both call and manipulate the shots.
How soon we forget how these boards read in 2007 about this time. It was ASSUMED that whoever the candidate turned out to be would have to be able to beat Hillary, the Great and Terrible. The constant question was "but can he/she beat Hillary?"
I really don't care who the Democrats nominate. The ONLY thing I care about is who the Republicans nominate. If "they" are already basing their consideration on Fear of Hillary, it bodes as ill for all concerned as it did in 2007.
Especially seeing as how in 2012, enough legal on-the-ground actual Americans spotted the sucker's bet of voting to endorse government tyranny either way, to let Obama "win" by default. That is what happened.
The only important thing is who will nominate or represent limited government Christian conservatism. Cruz (and Palin, for that matter), are the only two who fit that description. Sorry, though Walker is a good fighter of unions and pro-life, he has one too many examples of actual limited government principle sailing over his head. He wants to manage government better, tinker with it and "fix" it. A limited government Christian conservative wants to eliminate tyrannical government consistently, morally (judicial) and fiscally, so Americans can pursue free, moral prosperity again.
THIS.
Yet another excuse for Freepers to feel the love for one another
You know what I want to hear on immigration? I want a call for the end of minimum wage and onerous regulation that makes employing teens too risky and expensive.
I want a call for the end of government obligation to provide education for illegal immigrant kids. (Cruz just did that, by the way).
I want a call for the end of government charity subsidies in welfare and family support that illegal immigrants take as entitlements. No more food stamps, rent assistance, education, school lunches, AFWDC, for illegals. Deprive them of jobs (give them to teen agers at a real market value) and deprive them of government-provided food and shelter. Desperate poverty is best attended by true volunteer charities in a Christian spirit, a whole different deal than amoral Government entitlement programs.
THAT's what I want to hear on immigration, and judging Cruz's general philosophy of governance, I think I'd hear close to it from him. It would go a very, very long way to solving the illegal immigration problem.
Bravo to that.
A resolution is not legislation.
I am aware of that. He supported the premise and put his signature on it.
I’m just answering your question I can’t help it if you don’t like the answer.
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