Posted on 07/19/2015 12:48:10 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
On his first trip to Iowa as the fresh face of the Republican presidential field, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has been putting the pedal to the metal, crisscrossing the Hawkeye State’s corn field-lined interstates in a souped-up Winnebago RV with a goal of hitting all 99 counties before voters here cast the nation’s first votes in the presidential nominating process.
Since arriving in Iowa Friday -- the final stop of his whirlwind five-state, 16-city campaign kickoff tour -- it has been abundantly clear that Iowa is the key to Walker’s White House hopes.
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While campaigning this week, he has taken to pulling from his pocket a 40-year-old-photo of him and his brother, David, holding an Iowa state flag and telling the story of how as boys they raised money to buy a state flag for the Plainfield, Iowa, town hall by walking around town with a mayonnaise jar with a slit in the top, eventually collecting enough coins to purchase the flag.
"That’s the kind of people we are here in the Midwest," Walker said. "We stand up for what's right, we do the right thing, we don't make a lot of fuss about it, we just do it. And I think that's what we need now more than ever in Washington."
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You get outside San Francisco and Los Angeles, and then it becomes A LOT more conservative.
One thing about California and New York. They love celebrities.
I bet if boiled down to Trump or Hillary in California. Trump wins. Most people in general just do not like Hillary.
Walker is a regional candidate with no charisma. He will lose in a landslide in a general election agains’t Clinton.
I’m not sure about a landslide...?
Although OH YEAH..., he will lose BIG TIME.
:-)
That’s a gasser and not even Winnie’s top of the line gasser (I checked the Winnie website). Souped up would be one of their diesel pushers, but for the flat terrain of Iowa and if you’re not towing anything, a gasser is fine.
Scott Walker joined the media-called dance against Donald Trump for Trump’s completely accurate comments about Juan McLame.
No way will I vote a GOP candidate that cowers before the MSM.
What alternate world do you live in where conservatives value “Players” & “Charisma”?
You mean the carefully packaged, unaccomplished,wooden, millionairess resting on the laurels of the family name? That Hillary Clinton?
Sounds exactly like his last opponent. Polls right up to the election had her wiping the floor with him.
Granted, she was a political neophyte, but it was her unlikability that sunk her. Every time she opened her mouth it got worse. The same thing will sink HRC.
That’s OK. We’ll expect Hillary Clinton to be elected POTUS then.
Ruling out nearly every GOP candidate as not pure enough is not a winning strategy.
>>No way in h@ll will I ever pull the lever for this clown.<<
Which clown WILL you pull the lever for?
>>Ruling out nearly every GOP candidate as not pure enough is not a winning strategy.<<
Even REAGAN if he ran now would not be pure enough.
The perfect is the enemy of the good.
We have some pretty damn good candidates and Walker is one of them!
Talk about losing credibility, your credibility as a poster is now zero. You must think Skittles come from unicorns.
“That’s the kind of people we are here in the Midwest,” Walker said. “We stand up for what’s right, we do the right thing, we don’t make a lot of fuss about it, we just do it. And I think that’s what we need now more than ever in Washington.”
We certainly try! I can’t emphasize how MUCH this man has done for Wisconsin. Yes, everything you read on the Enemy Media and all the snipes we get from Trolls here on FR may distract you, but for those of us here on the ground life is better.
Watching LibTard heads explode daily - and there’s nothing that they can do about it - is really fun!
“Granted, she was a political neophyte, but it was her unlikability that sunk her. Every time she opened her mouth it got worse. The same thing will sink HRC.”
When asked even a SIMPLE question, she had that total Deer In The Headlights STARE that was unnerving. And Mary Burke was the BEST Wisconsin Dems had to offer, LOL! How they LOATHE ‘money in politics’ buy if you have an heiress who is willing to finance her own campaign, then, she’s your gal! *SNORT*
Mary Burke is a moron - her own FAMILY FIRED HER from Trek Bicycles because she couldn’t hack it!
And yet - our Enemy Media had her winning the whole thing right up until the minute that she conceded and slunk off for another ‘six month ski vacation!’ :)
That poll is from June. Things are shifting quickly. It will be interesting to see newer polls. No doubt Walker is a good man.
The fact that you lack the political insight to recognize an “Establishment Candidate”.... It’s just proof you are they typical clueless Walker supporter. What works in Wisconsin does not work in the rest of America.
First, Donald Trump leads in the polls, and Ted Cruz can win debates. The media will for the most part ignore Cruz in the meanwhile.
Sorry Scott Walker offers nothing new.... The same old tired Platitudes. The fact that he remains “Political Correct” because he is too Chicken $hit instantly disqualifies him as a candidate.
Candidates like Walker think being Politically Correct will win the media over... LOL! Walker will never win this media over. The fact that you still do not understand this is alarming.
Walker is using the same WEAK tactics just like Romney and McCain will certainly lose an elections.
The entire bus tour............ Boring.... That will put most people right to sleep. Walker does not have an original bone in his body. Furthermore, being a college drop out. The media will BASH him as a quitter.
I rather have a real business man or a conservative with a Harvard background vs. the college dropout Establishment canidate you like.
The fact that you lack the political insight to recognize an “Establishment Candidate”.... It’s just proof you are they typical clueless Walker supporter. What works in Wisconsin does not work in the rest of America.<<
This, from a Donald supporter — talk about clueless. Had you BEEN in Wisconsin when everyone was burying Walker and then he kicked butt you would see how he scares the liberal left — people like you.
>>First, Donald Trump leads in the polls, and Ted Cruz can win debates. The media will for the most part ignore Cruz in the meanwhile.<<
The Donald is a darling because he is bombastic. He is funny and says some truth. But he is going nowhere. Anyone who has studied real politics — not fantasies as the eGOP nor you have — can see the chasm he has fallen into. But we appreciate the fact you marginalize yourself. It is a time saver.
>>Sorry Scott Walker offers nothing new.... The same old tired Platitudes. The fact that he remains “Political Correct” because he is too Chicken $hit instantly disqualifies him as a candidate.<<
Oh yes — you seek the Perfect Candidate. If Walker eliminates SEIU we will have done more good than any POTUS since Reagan. But that is too subtle for you Trumpeters.
>>Candidates like Walker think being Politically Correct will win the media over... LOL! Walker will never win this media over. The fact that you still do not understand this is alarming.<<
The fact you think The Donald has a chance in Hades AND you don’t understand exactly what Walker did in WI with Act 10 and many other reforms is what is truly alarming. I suggest you post your hokum on DU from whence you obviously came.
>>Walker is using the same WEAK tactics just like Romney and McCain will certainly lose an elections.
The entire bus tour............ Boring.... That will put most people right to sleep. Walker does not have an original bone in his body. Furthermore, being a college drop out. The media will BASH him as a quitter.
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Plain talk — too much for you eGOP liberals.
I rather have a real business man or a conservative with a Harvard background vs. the college dropout Establishment canidate you like.
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