Posted on 06/09/2012 7:21:15 AM PDT by Innovative
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's ability to fight off a concentrated Democratic recall challenge on Tuesday has instantly thrust him into the picture as a possible vice presidential pick for Mitt Romney, giving the low-key Mr. Walker the edge over rivals such as the more voluble New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
... The recall win caps Mr. Walker's triumph in actually breaking the union lock on government employees in his state.
"The Walker victory puts Wisconsin in play this fall," said former American Conservative Union Chairman David A. Keene.
"The effort to recall Walker has led to the development of a massive and sophisticated campaign infrastructure in a state that the Democrats won narrowly in 2000 and 2004 and that could switch this fall, denying Obama crucially important electoral votes."
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I agree. The Dems are down and uncoordinated at this moment. I’m betting that turnout will be down for them in Nov. Add Walker to the ticket and you reanimate the union and OWS Zombies and give them a focus for their hatred.
Colin Powell, Condoleeza Rice, General Patreaus, General Honore, Roy Moore, Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal......................
I need to know a lot more than a simple claim to fame.
leave walker in wisconsin to carry on, leave portman in ohio, rubio in florida etc. Why would anyone want to take a strong leader away and have the need to replace? The best VP candidates would be someone “free” like palenty [not my choice] or Sarah Palin [MY CHOICE].
Veep discussion, yes.
Stay in Madison for a term or so...
VP for Mittens would be a bad move. I’m voting for Mittens, but only because the alternative is *unthinkable.* I’m under no illusion of what Mittens’s administration will bring. No true conservative will want to be tainted by the stink that is sure to come from Romney’s reign.
Besides, if Walker stays for another term or two and really corrects the damage done by Wisconsin’s fling with “progressivism,” he can be President himself one day. On his own terms.
“Bob McDonnell, Virginia Governor, will be VEEP”
Well, what you say about him sounds good, but that doesn’t mean he is a lock.
Walker now has national name recognition — nobody outside of Virginia has ever heard of McDonnell.
Who knows what the Mitt waffle house will serve up in Washington.
What he has said he will serve up sounds glorious. What he has served up in the past is abysmal
That would be great but not yet. He needs to stay for Wisconsin.
If he were to entertain any thoughts of VP or
President they would call him ‘a quitter’.
I want a VP that has read “The Failure Factory” and knows that Bolshecrat bureaucrats will screw up any administration. I want someone like Dick Cheney, and, Allen West comes to mind.
Agree.
Some strong, conservative, state level officials can do more for the country in place than as VP, hanging around D.C. waiting for the president's demise.
the republicans have a very deep bench of outstanding governors who would make great candidates for VP.
Let them hone their skills at the state level and start limiting the the federal government's insatiable appetite for money and power.
I agree 100 percent. Maybe he would primary against Romney in 2016.
We need him where he is.
If Romney wins in November I suspect it will be by default, especially if he continues to follow the Democrats’ advice on what constitutes fair campaign practices. He could turn out to be the Ham Sandwich of this cycle.(barely relevant trope but I like it).
The big problem in the US and the world is the economy.
As goseminoles said, that should be the focus. Anything else would be a distraction.
That was the secret of Reagan’s success and that is what is needed now.
I think he’s polarizing like Sarah. I’d vote for either one in a heartbeat but people will get out to vote against him. Four years and hopefully this dies down and we can look at hom again.
Walker doesn’t need a campaign staff anymore.... they can’t recall him again...unless he does something criminal... and the unions are pushing THAT issue already.
Romney can only last 8 years if he ditches his stated attachment to keeping the “useful parts” of Obamacare and otherwise governs as the total opposite of the the recent governor of Massachusetts by the same name.
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