Posted on 07/13/2015 5:51:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A longtime Scott Walker adviser anonymously tells National Journal that the now officially announced presidential contenders strategy will be to first lock up conservatives and then move to a more moderate position later on in the campaign.
You start in Iowa and lock up conservatives, because if you dont do that, none of the rest matters, Walkers adviser reportedly told journalist Tim Alberta. Its much easier to move from being a conservative to being a middle-of-the-road moderate later on.
In Iowa, you see the beginnings of that, he added. Hes capturing that conservative wing first and foremost, and then moving from Iowa to the other states and bringing other voters into the fold.
The idea, according to the adviser, is that Walkers strategy on the national playing field will be the same as what has worked in Wisconsin: he will present himself as a blue-collar, down to earth kind of guy who didnt graduate from college, who appeals to everyone and, ultimately, unites all stripes of the Republican Party.
By way of example, the National Journal points to this ad put out by Walkers re-election campaign last fall during his battle with Democrat Mary Burke....
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
“Cruz does not trust Rove. Not one bit.”
I’m with you...I haven’t seen any evidence that Cruz believes Rove or any of the Republican ‘advisers’ (most of them gay, by the way). That’s why he’s connected so well with the base.
What’s fun now is that Rove is busy 24/7 trying to deal with Trump that he doesn’t have time for Cruz...and, no doubt, Rove is finding that Trump has the resources to fight back in a way he’s never seen...lots of fun.
Who is going to believe him when he does?
Seems an odd thing to make public. So, can anyone call themselves an ‘adviser’ ?
The local option thing Walker signed off on is a political trick, pure and simple...Common Core moves forward under Walker’s law.....End Common Core 100 percent and don’t try to replace it with something like Common Core using a new name.
You will find that his “surplus” is also an accounting trick that has been dismissed as such by economists.
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That’s the entire FR Trump contingent!
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Name the source, and state which constituency he is aiming to fool.
(Phone rings in newspaper office) “Hello?”
“Good afternoon. I’m a long-time Hillary Clinton adviser.”
“How can I help you?”
“Hillary says that it will be much easier if she starts hard left and moves moderate later, after she nails down the base.”
“Really? That is the basis for a good story! To whom am I speaking?”
“Oh, I’ll remain anonymous. I don’t much like Fort Marcy Park!”
Exam question: Does this “story” ever see the light of day?
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