1. Rove hates Walker.
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/02/karl-rove-bashes-scott-walkers-refusal
He’s obviously in tight with Ryan — in the sense he’s from the same state and has to work to message tightly. But Ryan assumed office in 1999, more than a decade before Walker, so Ryan is hardly a product of Walker. Priebus is also from Wisconsin, so is a natural Walker ally: but he’s hardly in the Mccain-Bush-McConnell-Cornyn-Hastert camp.
2. Wisconsin has a stable population, uninflated by hordes of immigrants. So there haven’t been the sort of huge numbers of low-paying jobs that have gone to the states invaded by immigrants. And its unemployment was never nearly as bad as other states’. But its unempoyment rate is great: 4.5%.
3. I can’t rebut a mere assertion without example.
4. The singular GOP-e vs the grassroots issue is immigration. And Walker’s current position on immigration — one he admits has shifted to the right since being elected — is the best of any candidate. Hell, Ted Crus is pushing to give Obama Fast-Track authority to subject immigration to a NAFTA or even EU-like authority.
I like Ted Cruz. I would be thrilled if he won. But I hate this circular firing squad that conservatives made in 2008, 2012, and are making again now in 2016.
(I would be more thrilled if Walker won, but wither Cruz or Walker would be wonderful.)
“I like Ted Cruz. I would be thrilled if he won. But I hate this circular firing squad that conservatives made in 2008, 2012, and are making again now in 2016.”
So I guess you supported McCain and Romney?
Mark Kirk is running for re-election this year too.
(Note: concerning my post..."Walker has stumbled whenever he has spoken extemporaneously on topics he is not familiar with - monetary policy and foreign policy to name a couple."
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/414609/two-scott-walkers-eliana-johnson