OTOH, Gov. Walker’s self-inflicted wounds make it seem as though he’s not ready for primetime. I think he’s a great governor but he and his staff would get eaten alive in DC. You midwesterners are too nice and too trusting and a lot of you still think you can be friends with liberals. Walker makes a lot of amateurish mistakes and he comes across as too moderate when he dodges issues or waits till he sees the writing on the wall before he makes a decision. That’s not leadership, but it’s how a republican stays alive in such a blue state.
I think your first concern about DC being a different game is a fair one and I do think that one of Walker’s weaknesses is loyalty where none was deserved, but if there was one thing learned here over the last 4 years its that were constantly at war with the left and they cannot be redeemed.
What many in the rest of the country view as too nice and trusting is simply staying the course and letting your actions and results speak for themselves. If it was just about staying alive in a blue State Wisconsin wouldn’t have had any of the massive changes for the better during his tenure and Walker wouldn’t have actually had Republicans (in our case though Conservatives) expand their control in both houses of State government, and the WSSC swing over to the conservative side.
.....”Walker makes a lot of amateurish mistakes and he comes across as too moderate when he dodges issues or waits till he sees the writing on the wall before he makes a decision.... That’s not leadership, but it’s how a republican stays alive in such a blue state.”.....
That’s how I see him....and I believe he will operate in Washington where we need someone very decisive...and can make decisions quickly ....