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Here is another of his statements that shocked me and gave me pause about him as POTUS. From 2013.

Walker also said “it’s preferable” to have one party rule in government, like he does in his state.

“Conventional wisdom [is] that Americans want divided government, but what I think they’ve seen over the last few years is that instead of checks and balances what that’s gotten them is a lot of gridlock,” he said. “And I think it’s significant to make the case, as we did in Wisconsin.”

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/11/22/scott-walker-knocks-mitt-romney-offers-gop-advice

158 posted on 2/2/2015, 7:23:08 PM by conservativegranny

Did Scott Walker Just Become the Newest Obamacare Defender?

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/01/scott_walker_s_unexpected_defense_of_obamacare_the_wisconsin_governor_may.html Jan 8 2015

...And this month, the New England Journal of Medicine is running a paper saying the ACA’s supporters “have good reason to worry” about an upcoming Supreme Court decision that could gut the law.

But on Wednesday—finally!—ACA defenders thought they may have caught a break. “Republican Governor Caught on Tape Demolishing the Legal Case Against Obamacare,” blared a ThinkProgress headline. In the piece, the site’s justice editor Ian Millhiser detailed comments that Wisconsin Gov. (and potential 2016 Republican presidential contender) Scott Walker made to the Wall Street Journal in 2013 about his interpretation of the president’s health care law.

Walker’s money quote is this: “But, in the end, there’s no real substantive difference between a federal exchange, or a state exchange, or the in-between, the hybrid, the partnership.”

If Democrats acted in a responsible way, then maybe we could have government that was beneficial to the taxpayers and voters.

When the Democrats in WI walk away from their duties and go to Illinois and avoid their duty, then we need to have responsible Republicans that will run the state.

Why do we allow the Democrats to get away with excess power, spending and bad laws?

Yes Republicans need self control and do things correctly that benefit all.

The fact that Walker favors one party controlling the govt, does not mean that he favors only one political party. I am quite certain that Walker, who strikes me as a man who believes in our traditional values, favors free speech and free elections. Walker is exactly right this and people like you need to realize this; if you vote for an executive (whether governor or president) because you like what he says and you want him to do what he says he wants to do, you have to give him the legislature as well, otherwise it is nearly impossible for him (or her) to keep the promises he made with the voter. Walker could not have accomplished the reforms that he did had his party not been in control of the legislature. And it is high time that people everywhere realized this. We could have saved our nation a lot of grief over the last 50-60 years, had we as a people thought this through and given our presidents a congress that they could work with. Walker did not say that he favors a one-party system which would only lead to tyranny and corruption. The point of what he said simply is that if you want the chief executive to actually be able to do do what he says he will try to do, you HAVE to put his party in office. All Walker is doing is pointing out the obvious, and giving the wishy-washy middle-of-the-road compromisers something to think about (if it is ever going to be possible to get them to think.)

Now I do not live in Wisconsin but I did become very interested in Wisconsin politics after Walker was elected. It seems to me that Walker's primary goal was putting the state on a sound financial footing, reducing taxes,bring spending under control, and encouraging growth of business. A big part of achieving those goals was taking on the govt unions, but that is not the only thing he did. Stopping vote fraud was another part of his agenda.

If he would achieving those same goals for the federal govt, then clearly he would have to take on illegal immigration which is a huge cost to the taxpayer, and again, dealing with vote fraud means dealing with illegal immigration.

So I don't think overall, if Walker stays true to his goals, he will be pushing amnesty. So please, don't make good the enemy of the perfect!