Scott Walker forms committee in preparation for 2016 presidential bid

Washington Post ^ | 01/27/2015 | By Dan Balz

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, whose speech to activists in Iowa last weekend drew strong reviews, has taken the first formal step toward a presidential candidacy in 2016, establishing a committee that will help spread his message and underwrite his activities as he seeks to build his political and fundraising networks in the months ahead.

Walker filed papers to set up the committee, called "Our American Revival," and a new Web site for the organization was scheduled to go live later Tuesday. The steps come after a busy weekend of pre-presidential events that included his address at the Iowa Freedom Summit, a later appearance at a gathering in California hosted by the billionaire Koch brothers and a stopover in Denver for additional fundraising.

“Our American Revival encompasses the shared values that make our country great; limiting the powers of the federal government to those defined in the Constitution while creating a leaner, more efficient, more effective and more accountable government to the American people,” Walker said in a statement in the release announcing the committee.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/07/03/scott-walker-backs-path-to-citizenship-increased-immigration/

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-asks-mexico-to-open-consulate-in-wisconsin-b99120688z1-227850711.html

“It’s all is about the 11 million [undocumented immigrants],” Walker said. “You hear some people talk about border security and a wall and all that. To me, I don’t know that you need any of that if you had a better, saner way to let people into the country in the first place.”

Walker added: “If people want to come here and work hard in this country, I don’t care if you come from Mexico or Canada or Ireland or Germany or South Africa or anywhere else. I want them here

Can you imagine trying to win Texas with an attitude like that? Or was he for it before he was against it?

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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s F-Grade on Gun Rights Well-Deserved

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[MeganC]

I’d vote for Scott Walker.

[ScottinVA]

Interesting how Palin’s name hasn’t come up yet on this thread.

That's because we're talking about real contenders.

[MeganC]

Reagan’s ‘Morning in America’ resonated so well only because it was preceded by Carter’s pessimistic ‘Crisis of Confidence’.

That said, ‘American Revival’ sounds pretty damn good to me after being preceded by ‘America is guilty of everything!’

[Resolute Conservative]

It just did...

[muir_redwoods]

Good. He seems to be a fine choice. There are others too but I like Walker.