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Scott Walker: Republicans should focus on economic issues to take back the Senate
12/14/13

Posted on 12/14/2013 2:33:46 PM PST by AstralisLux

Asked how the GOP could win the Senate in the 2014 elections, Walker explained that Republicans must not be viewed as the 'party of no' as Democrats have tried to brand them. "As they're running for Senate, focus on the two key issues: an economic concern in our country, [and] there are still too many who are not coming through." Walker explained that Reagan's 1980 acceptance speech should be a model for the Republican Party to message for voters. "If you live in poverty, we want to lift you out,” he said. “We don't want to leave anyone behind. We need to embrace that across the board."


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1 posted on 12/14/2013 2:33:47 PM PST by AstralisLux
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To: AstralisLux

That’s nice but the GOOBs will never take back the Senate without the TEA Party that they threw under the bus last week. They’ll be lucky if they can hold the House in 2014.


2 posted on 12/14/2013 2:37:08 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Trust No One.)
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To: AstralisLux
"If you live in poverty, we want to lift you out,”

That's the Democrat message: "Don't worry. We'll do it for you." Our message should be "If you live in poverty, we want to foster an environment that will enable you to work your way out of it."

3 posted on 12/14/2013 2:38:04 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: AstralisLux

Walker’s a big open borders/amnesty guy.

That in itself would kill conservatism and the American experiment once and for all.


4 posted on 12/14/2013 2:38:49 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Ditch Mitch, in the General if necessary.


5 posted on 12/14/2013 2:39:18 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: DoodleDawg

Walker’s not really a small-government guy.


6 posted on 12/14/2013 2:40:00 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: AstralisLux

The answers are not political.


7 posted on 12/14/2013 2:40:15 PM PST by lurk
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To: AstralisLux

They need to pound cheap labor Scott Walker and win those Senate seats in Montana and the South.


8 posted on 12/14/2013 2:40:48 PM PST by ObamahatesPACoal
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To: AstralisLux; DoodleDawg

To win the primaries, conservative Republicans should say that they’re pro-tax cuts, pro-spending cuts, pro-life and anti-illegal alien. After those conservatives win the primaries, they should concentrate on economic issues.


9 posted on 12/14/2013 2:41:47 PM PST by PhilCollins
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To: AstralisLux

THE economic issue of our time is the obscene expansion of government.

Until that is reversed, the economy will never heal.


10 posted on 12/14/2013 2:42:26 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: AstralisLux; Admin Moderator

You don’t read very well.

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To: AstralisLux
I asked you nicely once.

I won’t ask again.

Next time to fail to meet our request - nobody will be clicking your link.

Got it?

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11 posted on 12/14/2013 2:42:38 PM PST by humblegunner
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Why do Republicans have to run and hide on social issues?

If any of these Rats or liberal media lapdogs try to demagogue them with this crap, just tell it to their faces that you're pro-life and pro-traditional marriage, and these are non-negotiable. Then you resume talking about the economy and jobs.

Seriously, it's not hard to do, because this is exactly what the Left's going to do. They're going to accuse Republicans of not paying for some bimbo's birth control pills and protecting a "women's right to choose."

Reject their narrative. Stand strong on social issues, and don't answer hypothetical questions about abortion if a woman was raped. The base will stick with you and those independent voters will like the fact that you've stood strong. Nobody likes wishy-washy politicians.

12 posted on 12/14/2013 2:43:27 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Governor Sarah Heath Palin for President of the United States in 2016)
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To: PhilCollins

Well said PhilCollins.


13 posted on 12/14/2013 2:43:48 PM PST by Principled (I am tired of a lawless government. I want a government restrained by the Constitution [Irenic])
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To: 9YearLurker
Walker’s not really a small-government guy.

And he's not really not running for president, either.

14 posted on 12/14/2013 2:45:13 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: PhilCollins

I think the immigration position works as well in the primary as it does in the general with swing voters.

The immigration position is only a problem for the far left and GOP consultants.

Vitter’s opponent was on the back foot when Vitter ran the Welcome Prize against him.


15 posted on 12/14/2013 2:45:48 PM PST by ObamahatesPACoal
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To: DoodleDawg

I think that’s the LIV version Walker’s using. Your version would be for the Likely Voter who thinks and reasons.

Remember what America let Billy Clinton get away with while the economy hummed along.


16 posted on 12/14/2013 2:46:28 PM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: PhilCollins
To win the primaries, conservative Republicans should say that they’re pro-tax cuts, pro-spending cuts, pro-life and anti-illegal alien.

Isn't that the message they've been using for some time now?

17 posted on 12/14/2013 2:46:39 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: AstralisLux

Scott Walker buy a clue. Defunding Obamacrap was all about preserving free market capitalism, ergo the economy.


18 posted on 12/14/2013 2:46:40 PM PST by Hostage (Be Breitbart!)
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To: AstralisLux
t Republicans must not be viewed as the 'party of no' as Democrats have tried to brand them.

So Republicans should accept the status and positions that Democrats prefer for them? Scott understands the Republican Party to be division of the Democrat Party, its Designated Opposition wing. You have to do what the boss says.

19 posted on 12/14/2013 2:47:16 PM PST by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINEhttp://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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To: lurk

Spot on, but some are. How much of poverty, slow growth and misery are results of some federal, state or local law that serves some crony at the expense of liberty?


20 posted on 12/14/2013 2:47:38 PM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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