2016 Presidential Election - Likelihood of Republican Nomination
Posted on 02/17/2015 6:22:35 PM PST by Brown Deer
Scott Walker, the little-known governor of Wisconsin, is emerging as the main challenger to Jeb Bush in the race to become the Republicans' 2016 presidential candidate.
While Mr Bush is raising tens of millions of dollars and attracting huge media attention across the country, polls indicate a quiet momentum is building for the more conservative Mr Walker.
The 47-year-old governor is trailing Mr Bush by just a few points in the polls in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina - the three early voting states that will shape the course of the Republican primary election.
While the 62-year-old Mr Bush, the younger brother of George W Bush, is a favourite among the Republican elite, the younger Mr Walker may turn into a rallying figure for the more conservative party base.
An NBC/Marist poll found Mr Bush on 16 per cent in Iowa compared to Mr Walker's 15 per cent.
Three much talked-about Republican senators - Marco Rubio of Florida, Ted Cruz of Texas and Rand Paul of Kentucky - all failed to break into double digits in the Iowa poll.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Bush’s biggest flaw was communication. No one is going to be 100% lockstep on decisions, but Bush ended up failing by refusing to communicate. His second biggest flaw was not leading on stopping runaway spending. The congress was equally culpable.
Walker has shown fiscal leadership and effective communication. Is he perfect? No, but he fights and he wins, and he’d definitely drive some good reform policy.
Just one small correction.
“We need a fighter for the people who has shown that he knows how to get results, not just talk about it.”
“the little-known”
Who is this idiot?
Walker has proved to be an outstanding manager. Something the executive branch desperately needs right now.
You are correct. He appears to be evolving on the illegal immigration issue. The question is, is he “evolving” so he can run for POTUS?
Here is Scott Walker on the issues:
Endorses path to citizenship for immigrant workers
Scott Walker distanced himself from House Republicans debating a new immigration bill by endorsing a path to citizenship for immigrant workers.Walker acknowledged that a substantial number of Wisconsin farms depend on migrant workers, some of them here illegally. He also was sharply critical of how difficult the federal government makes it for those workers to come to this country.
“If people want to come here and work hard and benefit, I don’t care whether they come from Mexico or Ireland or Germany or Canada or South Africa or anywhere else,” he said. “I want them here.”
The Democratic-led U.S. Senate passed an immigration bill last week that features a path to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants already in the U.S. Many conservative House Republicans oppose the bill, viewing it as rewarding law-breakers.
He said as a gubernatorial candidate in 2010 that he would sign an Arizona-style bill, which would allow local police to stop suspected illegal immigrants.
Source: Wisconsin Rapids Tribune, “Endorses path to citizenship” , Jul 3, 2013
Make it easier to enter the country legally
Walker said he is in favor of the Senate immigration bill—that features a path to citizenship—but called it a backward “Band-Aid” approach, saying elected leaders should make it easier for people to enter the country and become legal citizens in the first place.
“Not only do they need to fix things for people already here, or find some way to do it, there’s got to be a larger way to fix the system in the first place,” he said. “Because if it wasn’t so cumbersome, if there wasn’t such a long wait, if it wasn’t so difficult to get in, we wouldn’t have the other problems that we have (with people living here illegally),” he said. Walker’s stance on immigration reform evolved over the years.
Source: Wisconsin Rapids Tribune, “Endorses path to citizenship” , Jul 3, 2013
2010: stop suspected illegals; 2012: that’s a distraction
Walker’s stance on immigration reform evolved over the years. He said as a gubernatorial candidate in 2010 that he would sign an Arizona-style bill, which would allow local police to stop suspected illegal immigrants, if he were elected. Then, in December 2012, Walker said he no longer favored such a bill, telling reporters that such legislation would become a “huge distraction” from accomplishing his agenda for the state. Today, Walker said he would support a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants under some circumstances.
Source: Wisconsin Rapids Tribune, “Endorses path to citizenship” , Jul 3, 2013
Supports AZ’s immigration law and no benefits for illegals
I am disappointed by the federal judge’s ruling to block Arizona’s right to enforce the rule of law without interference from the federal government. As governor, I will sign similar legislation to the Arizona Law to ensure the taxpayers of Wisconsin are not paying for benefits like Badger Care and in state college tuition for people who are here illegally.
http://www.ontheissues.org/Scott_Walker.htm
Snippet from the article:
What has not been as evident is what “he supports: legal status for millions of people here already, while making it easier for immigrants to come here through the front door”.
That sounds like he’s evolving to wanting to throw the doors wide open.
Eliminating illegal aliens by making it so easy no one bothers coming illegally.
I want the invasion stopped, not accelerated.
"When it comes to immigration reform, Senator Ted Cruz has made it abundantly clear what he opposes: giving citizenship to people who broke the law to come here."A snippet from the article as well.
Scott Walker from recent experience at least knows who the enemy is and is not likely to view democrats as the other branch of the family or anything like that...
That is interesting. Thanks! Need to fight off Jeb Bush and we are good to go.
“Republican” and “sellout” increasingly appear together in the same sentence.
Do you seriously think that the step from legalization to amnesty is much of a step?
The good thing is that it will take another year or five before the ‘legalized’ illegals are granted amnesty, but that step is inevitable.
I am a Walker guy, but there is zero joy for me in seeing Cruz creating a road to amnesty, hidden as it may be.
It’s nothing but heartache for me.
Bush ended up failing by pushing: 1)Medicare expansion,
2) TARP, and the Auto Bailouts, 3) In hindsight I was incorrect as well-but on the Iraq war (not the war on terror in general, just going to war against Saddam Hussein).
4) Several other liberal failures like Harriet M.
Bush Jr. was no Ronald Reagan!!!
Ding ding ding! We’ve got a winner!!
Why should any conservative vote for Jeb when the Bush family is so close to the Saudis?
I posted the snippet I did because it was from the same article and it completely contradicted the snippet you provided.
Everything recent I’ve seen from Cruz indicates he does not support citizenship for those here illegally.
Jeb Bush has a challenger? For what, gross stupidity?
Or would it be Blatant Rinoism?
I can’t wait to hear him try to walk this back on the campaign trail.
Most Americans are sick and tired of third worlders ruining their communities and taking jobs from the citizenry. Despite the propaganda to the contrary, it has everything to do with the economy and jobs, our deteriorating way of life.
Jeb is simply the big money interests MOe.
To hell with him and his familes “compassionate conservative” bull crap.
The Bush’s are big gubmint yahoos.
Cruz, or Walker blow Jebs doors off.
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