A rock star welcome greets Scott Walker in N.H.

CONCORD, N.H. —  Republican upstart Scott Walker yesterday was embraced by a rapturous crowd of hundreds of Granite Staters, who roared appreciation for his red-meat foreign and  domestic policy views — as he hinted he will be making his candidacy official.

Walker’s two-day visit came on a swing of early primary states: He was in Iowa last weekend and is headed to South Carolina next. He used his one public appearance at Concord High School to  regale the crowd with tales of his humble upbringing, to blast Common Core and to condemn ISIS.

“My belief is that, just like a virus in a computer, we need to go to whatever length is required to make sure that we eradicate radical Islamic terrorism where it’s at before it washes up,” Walker said, as the crowd of Republicans attending a  party training session  erupted in applause. “I don’t believe that means that you want to automatically go with ground troops,  although unlike this president, I will not signal to our enemies how far we will go.”

In implicit contrast with GOP front-runner Jeb Bush — also visiting the state this weekend — Walker took pains to reference his own background, mentioning his days washing dishes and flipping burgers at McDonald’s, and name-checking discount retailer Kohl’s.

“I actually stopped by Kohl’s and bought this sweater in the rack where it’s 70 percent off,” he said, pointing to his sweater. “And we paid one dollar for it with our Kohl’s Cash ... so, living the high life,” he added.

Bush is “a nice guy,” said attendee Philip Miner, 57, of Cheshire County, “but his last name is Bush.”

“It was a great day for the Republican Party, no question about it,” New Hampshire Republican Party Chairwoman Jennifer Horn said. “We had 400 grass-roots activists together,  energized, excited. Obviously, Gov. Walker was very well-received.”

Walker drew whoops and hollers from the crowd when he discussed his  Feb. 3 budget proposal  removing the legal requirement for schools in Wisconsin to abide by the new educational standards known as Common Core. Walker’s first budget as governor supported Common Core in 2011, but he called for repeal last summer.

“I’m all for high standards,” Walker said. “But I want those to be set at the local level.”

Walker, like Bush, has not officially declared his candidacy — but there have been hints. He said yesterday his 19- and 20-year-old sons plan to ditch college this fall to come to New Hampshire.

“They twisted our arms to figure out a way to maybe take part of a semester off next year, next fall, to come to New Hampshire, to come around the country and talk to young people like themselves,” Walker said.

Not waiting for Walker — a famous foe of labor rights — to make his candidacy  official, union members rallied outside yesterday’s event.

We've covered this before.
First he's PRO-AMNESTY, then he sells out to the ,b>"ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS" and SAYS he's anti-Amnesty.
What day do you think he'll reverse his position again?

I quote Scott Walker and his PRO-AMNESTY position:

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

We've covered this before

And you've lost the debate.

He has made numerous recent statements that border security is a top priority.

None of what he said in the past materialized into law. He has NEVER proposed or signed any pro-illegal legislation as Governor

All of the current and potential GOP candidates are on record having supported "a pathway to citizenship" in the past.

This debate is about who can you trust going forward.

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