[Nextrush]

I’ve read that “Walker is acceptable to the Establishment” and I think that says a heck of a lot in the end.

Walker fought the government employee union excesses and I supported him financially during the recall attack of the Democrats.

I get all his fundraising letters including current ones that underline words like “conservative” or “conservative principles” avoiding details of what those words really mean.

It smells like a new way to say “compassionate conservative” which meant more spending, bigger government, bailouts for business like Medicare Part D for pharma and TARP for banks (financial services) and high tech no-win Vietnam style wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

March 13,2015: Scott Walker: W. Without the Compassion While it’s becoming common to hear Scott Walker dismissed as a flash-in-the-pan or Flavor of the Month or Not-Ready-For-Prime-Time gaffmeister sure to be pushed aside to make way for Jeb’s Brinks truck of cash or Rubio’s glamor, there are less-apparent aspects of his appeal worth noting. That intrepid translator of the Christian Right’s codes, Sarah Posner, has a fascinating take at Religion Dispatches about Walker perfectly matching a growing mood among politically active conservative evangelicals who want a less showy but more reliable champion:..."