Posted on 08/28/2015 1:15:16 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
"...Is Walker’s dive a temporary blip or a sign of deeper problems with the candidate? The case for calm is fairly strong. There are five months and five more debates left until anyone must settle on a candidate. Trumpmania has overtaken the entire GOP field, not just Walker...[who] continues to lay the groundwork for long-term victory:..Yuval Levin,a leading conservative reformer,called “the most substantively and politically serious conservative health care reform we have yet seen from a presidential candidate.” There’s still hope for Walker that when the dust settles he’ll be the candidate left standing who can unite a fractious party.
......The theory behind a Walker candidacy is that after two terms of Barack Obama,voters are ready for a workhorse, not a showhorse....
Walker has always acknowledged he’s an ordinary guy who doesn’t give soaring speeches,but he believes that charisma is about much more than oratory. “I think there’s a certain appeal that people have for candidates who are authentic, people who have a passion for ideas and who believe in things,”...
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The reason Walker became a strong contender in the first place is that he did the right thing,as far as conservatives are concerned,in facing down public unions even after being swarmed by protesters and the media. The polls had turned against him,but Walker signed the collective bargaining bill anyway. Only after the reforms took effect did they become popular. As Walker himself later acknowledged, he did a poor job of explaining them. “My problem was I fixed it,then I talked about it. Most politicians spend all their time talking about it but never fix it,”....
There’s still time for Walker to turn things around and win the GOP nomination. But if he’s going to succeed,he’ll need to do a better job of explaining his agenda—and convincing voters it’s clear in his own mind.
(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...
http://dailycaller.com/2015/08/23/trump-hits-walker-for-not-raising-taxes-in-wisconsin/
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3328420/posts
Seems to me what he was driving at is, “state projects” (road construction?) justify tax hikes.
BINGO!
He takes three different positions on an issue in the same week now. He was undeniably effective as a governor, and I had high hopes for him. But he’s destroyed those hopes with his waffling on the campaign trail. Does he believe in anything, or doesn’t he?
Who’s your candidate?
Walker’s campaign stumbles.
FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.
He’s like Pawlenty but with a brighter personality.
I predicted something like this, that Walker would fall to the middle of the pack for a while at about this time. I also am predicting a comeback in the November-December time frame. Remember that Michelle Bachmann and Rick Perry were ahead at this time four years ago, and that Herman Cain was in the lead in October-November.
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