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The Dangerous Candidacy of Scott Walker
The New Yorker | February 24, 2015 | John Cassidy

Posted on 02/24/2015 7:47:38 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/dangerous-candidacy-scott-walker


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; johncassidy; memebuilding; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorker; partisanmediashills; scottwalker; unions
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To: CharleysPride

Or they’ll off him, like they have so many times before.


21 posted on 02/24/2015 8:02:05 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I'm seriously confused, someone help me out? Is this supposed to be a serious article?

look instead at Walker’s record running what used to be one of America’s more progressive states

I mean is that supposed to be a negative?

Having cemented his reputation as an economic conservative,

Again.

the consensus of opinion is that Walker’s repeated refusal to distance himself from Rudy Giuliani’s incendiary comments about Obama, and his subsequent encounter with the Washington Post’s Dan Balz and Robert Costa, during which he appeared to question Obama’s religious faith and took some shots at the media for asking him silly questions, weren’t merely reprehensible: they were serious gaffes that raised questions about Walker’s political abilities.

Political abilities????

22 posted on 02/24/2015 8:03:07 PM PST by Kenny (,)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This guy is not living on the same planet. He sounds certifiably insane.

One thing is certain. Scott Walker has caught their attention. and they seem terrified.


23 posted on 02/24/2015 8:03:20 PM PST by Gumdrop
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I don’t doubt they’ll do everything they can — money, muscle, riots.

All their emotional antics have only alienated them from those who work harder for less.


24 posted on 02/24/2015 8:08:10 PM PST by CharleysPride (non chiedere cio che non si puo prendere -- Charlie Daniels)
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To: rockinqsranch

I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that some of the GOP elites are dropping info the opposition.

Some articles call Walker a conservative. Others call him establishment.

Right now, he seems to be polling better than the GOP elite guy — Jeb.


25 posted on 02/24/2015 8:08:59 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Reading that makes me want to contribute to his campaign.


26 posted on 02/24/2015 8:09:21 PM PST by Rusty0604
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

As one reporter/commentator complained, Walker just isn’t playing the game right.

[Translation: Walker needs to screw up in a good soundbite or three, so the media can ‘Palinize’ him before he gets too much of a lead.]


27 posted on 02/24/2015 8:11:41 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: Gumdrop

One thing is certain. Scott Walker has caught their attention. and they seem terrified.


Scott Walker reminds them of Ronald Reagan.


28 posted on 02/24/2015 8:15:40 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Huh, another ‘let’s slash and burn Walker’ post from a Pro-Cruz guy.

The Cruz contingent could learn a lot from Walker, who has stated a Ronald Reagan like approach to the race for the nomination, our enemies are not other Republicans, our enemies are the Democrats.


29 posted on 02/24/2015 8:17:41 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

“Leave the RINO’s alone in primaries” is NOT Reaganesque


30 posted on 02/24/2015 8:20:00 PM PST by GeronL
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
New Yorker. Leftist mag.

Walker's not my first pick (Pence) but is near the top. Nobody can take away from him that he's won three times in a light blue state in the Midwest. Before that, he won Milwaukee County as an executive. That's despite taking on the unions. Unlike another governor in the Midwest that won before (Snyder), he's a not tax raising RINO.

31 posted on 02/24/2015 8:21:45 PM PST by Darren McCarty (Mike Pence in 2016)
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To: Balding_Eagle
So the Walkerites demand that we bow down and coronate Walker? Doesn't work that way in America. Maybe you have us mixed up with Venezuela or Zimbabwe?
32 posted on 02/24/2015 8:23:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Who said anything about bowing down?

That was you, not me.


33 posted on 02/24/2015 8:25:34 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

I post threads critical of Ted Cruz all the time. Didn’t see you protesting those, did I?


34 posted on 02/24/2015 8:27:33 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So the Walkerites demand that we bow down and coronate Walker? Doesn’t work that way in America. Maybe you have us mixed up with Venezuela or Zimbabwe?


Hey, some people want to coronate Cruz.


35 posted on 02/24/2015 8:31:03 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Actually, I haven’t seen them. Let me go look, I may owe you an apology.


36 posted on 02/24/2015 8:33:50 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hmmm. Walker is looking better. If the New Yorker hates him, he must be good.


37 posted on 02/24/2015 8:35:09 PM PST by garjog (Obama: bringing joy to the hearts of Terrorists everywhere.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sorry, running out of time, I’ll look tomorrow.


38 posted on 02/24/2015 8:37:47 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Where is the “danger”?


The danger is that the bandwagoners won’t find out if Scott Walker will give the country away before they elect him President.


39 posted on 02/24/2015 8:45:23 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace- No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: laplata

I don’t want to “coronate” anybody, not Ted Cruz, not Sarah Palin, not even the resurrected Ronald Reagan.


40 posted on 02/24/2015 8:53:09 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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