The difference between Walker and “W” is profound. Walker is conservative.
If “compassionate” (a la Bush) means rolling over and letting the opposition walk all over you, then no - Walker is not compassionate in that sense.
He doesn’t take their BS. He hits back immediately and hits back hard. He will not be cowed into submission. He’s a new breed of Republican and I hope we see more and more like him emerge.
The man has 'evolved' on too many things for my comfort.
The “compassionate conservative” position of Dubya was always fraught with difficulty in reconciling good government with mushiness in dealing with otherwise undisciplined potential mischief-makers. The result of this “compassionate” approach to the security of the the southern border of the US, even in the face of repeated authorizations to secure the border and make entry into this country the orderly and just process it should have been, has been the virtual total breakdown of control of our borders and existing immigration and naturalization system.
Also, Dubya abandoned the necessary discipline that should have been applied all through his first term, and failed to use the veto even once until July, 2006. In all, the veto pen was used only twelve times in his entire two terms. A LOT of BS was allowed to pass into law, in the name of “compassion”.