Posted on 03/06/2015 12:22:52 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
MADISON, Wisconsin—Scott Walker loves the haters. In recent years as Wisconsin has moved further to the right, the mild-mannered preacher’s son has become in the eyes of his opponents an icon of all that is evil—and he seems to relish it. On the stump, the governor is fond of talking up the fact that he’s “the No. 1 target in America of the labor unions and many others on the left,” and the hecklers that seem willing to follow him to the ends of the Earth give him a chance to flex his conservative muscles. They feed the perception that in Wisconsin, it was Walker against the world, and Walker won....
..The Wisconsin Senate will vote to pass the new right-to-work bill either late Thursday or early Friday morning,and then the legislation will head for the governor’s desk where Walker will sign his name and add another item to his list of conservative wins....
... without having a statehouse full of allies, it would have been impossible for Walker to distinguish himself from the growing field of potential 2016 contenders.
Republican governors in blue states are typically hamstrung by their legislatures. Walker’s Legislature, to his great fortune, has propelled him. He has become the public face of a state government that is predominantly and combatively conservative. Walker’s success is an important reminder that hundreds of tiny, inexpensive state legislative elections that get zero national media attention can be the difference between being a nobody governor with a rinky-dink profile and being within spitting distance of your party’s presidential nomination.
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
You reminded me of something I’d forgotten.
When conversing with Cruz supporters, one must expect rudeness in return.
Thanks for reminding me.
The GOPe brothers and sisters will keep him from being able to accomplish much.
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