Posted on 01/07/2015 9:48:51 AM PST by Rennes Templar
As a guest on the Hugh Hewitt Show Tuesday evening, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker strongly suggested that he will be a candidate for president in 2016, "I feel that there’s a reason God put me in a spot to do the things that we’ve done and take on the kind of challenges we’ve done."
Governor Walker is considered by some a strong candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. He is a Midwestern governor in a blue state who has taken on the unions and thanks to a recall election has won three elections in four years, so it was logical for Hewitt to ask Walker his intentions:
Hewitt: Now let me ask you the key question for the national audience, Governor. I want to talk about Wisconsin, but people want to know. Have you ruled out a run in 2016?
Walker: Oh, absolutely not. I mean, it’s one of those where I very much believe that our next president should be a governor. And I think you look at the mess in Washington, and you realize we need leaders from outside of our nation’s capital, and we need people who have been successful. And I think with what I’ve had to go through in the last four years, both politically, but also in terms of the policies, certainly I feel that there’s a reason God put me in a spot to do the things that we’ve done and take on the kind of challenges we’ve done. And it’s certainly something I’m going to take seriously, and really look at it closely over the next month or two.
Hewitt: When do you think you have to decide by, Governor Walker?
Walker: I think any candidate that’s going to be serious, by mid-year in 2015, has to be in the race. I mean, I just was sworn in yesterday. Next week, I’m going to give my state of the state. By the beginning of next month, I’ll have given my budget address, introduce our next two year budget, which will continue lowering property taxes, expanding school choice, lowering the size of government, reducing the number of state employees, lowering out debt, doing all the things that you’d expect a good common sense conservative to do. And once we’ve done that, I think it puts me in a perfect position to see if this is the right calling.
When a potential candidate says "there's a reason God put me in the spot...to take on the kind of challenges we've done" it's a loud hint that he will be running. On Sunday evening another potential GOP candidate Mike Huckabee brought up God to hint at his own run, saying, "But I also realize that God hasn't put me on earth just to have a good time."
Ditto!
If you want to characterize questions, not accusations or derogatory remarks, just questions, about a potential candidate’s position as “purity tests” then it’s reasonable to question your position. Don’t you want to know his positions?
By the way, I’ve made no comment whatsoever about Cruz.
Ted Cruz is good—I love the man and his stand up attude but we need him in the senate. Walker has the experience and he has been vetted. Governor hes been great—Now if he had a good tea party VP or even a fix it man like Mittens as VP he could get the trains running on time!
I understand that amnesty/immigration is your top priority.
It's not mine, and if a candidate has something less than the "pure" stance of "round 'em up and put 'em on the first boat out," it doesn't mean I won't support him/her.
Hints? Walker has been running since long before his re-election as governor.
What makes anyone think that Palin would be interested in the VP spot on the ticket? Again?
Ah, Daniels! that’s the one!
Maybe this Pence guy is worth looking into then.
Pence/Walker 2016?
Walker once looked at a FReeper funny after that FReeper had eaten a burrito for lunch and was feeling a little bloated...
From the National Review:
If the GOP nominee is a sitting governor, journalists and party activists will want to know what issues they will be emphasizing back home with their legislatures in the coming year. Chris Christie, largely out from the shadow of his Bridgegate scandal, will be tackling the state’s public-pension liabilities, a state proxy for the federal entitlement crisis. Bobby Jindal will be plugging a $180 million annual deficit in his state’s budget, a test of his ability to cut spending. John Kasich will be trying to reduce the state’s income-tax rate as well as passing tougher regulations on charter-school operators.
But perhaps the most extensive agenda will be pursued by Wisconsin’s Scott Walker. Since he won reelection by six points in November, his aides have indicated he wants to continue lowering taxes, push to expand school choice, and replace the federal Common Core education standards. He also will try to have food-stamp and unemployment benefit recipients undergo drug testing, in part so they can show employers they are capable of holding jobs. As of now, he doesn’t plan any new dramatic assaults on the public-employee unions whose power he curbed in 2011 legislation.
From the National Review:
Towards the end of the interview, Bannon noted that “Amnesty is about the sovereignty of the country.” But, he asked Walker, “the Washington Post said earlier that you’re pro-pathway to citizenship.”
“See now that’s where they take it out of context,” Walker said in response. “I’ve not said there should be amnesty in this country. I don’t believe that. I don’t support the legislation being kicked around. What I’ve said repeatedly is we need to fix the immigration system, but fix the legal system. So if people want to come in this country we should have a legal immigration system.”
Bannon then interjected: “And take care of the borders and everything we have to do first.”
Walker concurred, saying that any immigration reform efforts should “fix the front door.”
Sounds like you don’t like FReepers very much, so why are you here?
I don’t know the answer to that question either.
By the way, I too heard the Utah Rep on Glen Beck ask glen this same question about Mike Le. What’s the point?
Pence/Walker or either paired with NM Gov Susana Martinez.
It's unfortunate, but it's true.
Ask any apolitical person their most memorable Palin quote and they'll almost always come back with "I can see Russia from my back yard!"
A quote Sarah Palin NEVER made. That was Tina Fey "as" Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live.
Doesn't matter what the truth is once it's ingrained in popular culture.
We don’t suffer from a lack of information. We suffer from a lack of courage. It is certainly very easy to prove that she answered the question totally on point, but unfortunately, too many of us lack courage of any kind. Oh no, someone might think we’re a teabagger if we speak up.
Unfortunately, if we don’t take on the culture, really show the low info Americans what kind of lies they have been fed, nothing will ever change. Too bad, most of us are not brave enough to speak up.
I watched the video and saw Walker, with the help of O’Reilly, skillfully avoid the issue of whether he was in favor of amnesty.
First he talked about executive overreach, then he talked about closing the border before we do anything else—both fine. But he never said if he was in favor or not. In fact, saying “before we do anything else” implies that he would then want to do something. And O’Reilly I’m sure knew just what he was doing and allowed him to get away with it.
So I’m still waiting.
So Cruz is the only one who holds right positions on everything.
Is a vote for McConnell as Senate majority leader somehow less outrageous? If they supported McConnell, do they deserve the same scorn as the House "conservatives"
So again, my question is this: Did Cruz support McConnell? I don't think the Senate holds a public leadership vote. I think it is behind closed doors.
Yup.....and get ready to duck when you disagree. I’m a very conservative person, but I’ll be dammed if I will not vote for a less conservative than allow a bed wetting left like Elizabeth Warren or Hillary win the presidency.
Again, this question was asked of Glen Beck when he took his friend, a Utah Rep to task over his Boehner vote. Is this the new GOP talking point?
No more gop for me, the only exception would be someone who has actually stood up to the gop with conviction. I believe Ted Cruz has done that.
Really, I have no argument with you, but if you really want to win and take back this country, or try to promote someone you believe is a viable candidate after the backstabbing yesterday, talking about “purity” tests and other rude things on this thread is exactly a good way to lose, so therefore, I have no reason to listen to the people on this thread. You will lose.
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