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Analysis: Win vaults Wisconsin's Scott Walker into vice presidential discussion
Washington Times ^ | June 5, 2012 | Ralph Z Hallow

Posted on 06/09/2012 7:21:15 AM PDT by Innovative

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's ability to fight off a concentrated Democratic recall challenge on Tuesday has instantly thrust him into the picture as a possible vice presidential pick for Mitt Romney, giving the low-key Mr. Walker the edge over rivals such as the more voluble New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

... The recall win caps Mr. Walker's triumph in actually breaking the union lock on government employees in his state.

"The Walker victory puts Wisconsin in play this fall," said former American Conservative Union Chairman David A. Keene.

"The effort to recall Walker has led to the development of a massive and sophisticated campaign infrastructure in a state that the Democrats won narrowly in 2000 and 2004 and that could switch this fall, denying Obama crucially important electoral votes."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: elections; romney; scottwalker; walker; wisconsinshowdown
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To: W. W. SMITH

Hear! Hear!


61 posted on 06/09/2012 8:51:44 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson)
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To: Innovative

I would rater he were running for President inst ead of Dildo Romney.


62 posted on 06/09/2012 8:53:00 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: Innovative
s goseminoles said, that should be the focus. Anything else would be a distraction.

Right back to slinking along behind the democrats like cowering dogs hoping against hope for a crumb.

BTW, clowns like you were claiming that Reagan was too conservative and too polarizing to be president.
63 posted on 06/09/2012 8:53:37 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Jim Noble

Reminds me of an article on Jack Wheelers site which goes a little something like this:

Jesse Helms once said he’d rather be Vice-President than President. The VP is the chief presiding officer over the Senate, he explained, and as such, has the power to control the Senate agenda - who speaks or doesn’t get to, what bills are voted on or tabled, etc.

It was his favorite subject. If you ever asked him about it, he would talk your ear off. He would tell you just how more powerful the President of the Senate was than the Majority Leader. Then his excitement would die down and he’d shake his head in frustration that no Vice-President ever had the nerve to actually exercise that power.


64 posted on 06/09/2012 8:53:36 AM PDT by Jimmah
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To: Innovative

I believe Scott Walker should remain in Wisconsin and continue to clean up the mess created by his predecessors. He will make Wisconsin the good example it has and will continue to become. What the country needs is a lot more Scott Walkers and we can point to Washington and say, look what intelligent, creative, strong and people with integrity can accomplish. Then, let’s bash the heck out of Congress and do more of the same. I’m sure that Mr. Romney has a very good list of VP folks, and I trust he will make the correct decision. Scott Walker may have a great future in the nation’s no. 1 spot, but for now, he is doing a great job and he will do more good.


65 posted on 06/09/2012 8:54:50 AM PDT by Ranger Warrior ("To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: pistolpackinpapa

Agreed. If he’s poached for VP, he cannot continue the progress he’s made and it makes him look like a quitter or hypocrite, winning recall only to leave.


66 posted on 06/09/2012 8:55:57 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: Innovative

I agree. Let’s not worry about homos and hollywood. Let’s get our nation back to some semblance of freedom and prosperity.


67 posted on 06/09/2012 8:59:06 AM PDT by goseminoles
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To: Innovative
He would be the ideal VP candidate

to a consistent conservative P candidate who won't leave him covered with the foul odor of another failed Republican leftist.

68 posted on 06/09/2012 8:59:15 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson)
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To: arthurus
another failed Republican leftist.

It appears that some here are quite happy about te idea of a leftist republican. They should encourage Hillary Clinton to jump ship and join Lord Mitt.
69 posted on 06/09/2012 9:12:08 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Beagle8U
Marco Rubio

born May 28, 1971 in Miami, FL (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)

Parents were
Mario Rubio born in Cuba, naturalized Nov. 5, 1975.
Oria Garcia born in Cuba, naturalized Nov. 5, 1975.

Parents were NOT US Citizens at the time of his birth (Does NOT meet the Jus Sanguinis Requirement)

Marco Rubio is NOT a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN.

Marco's status is the same as that of Barry Soetoro, aka Barack Hussein Obama, who is NOT a Natural Born Citizen.

70 posted on 06/09/2012 9:12:08 AM PDT by ASA Vet (Natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens. De Vattel)
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To: pistolpackinpapa

I agree fully.
He has plenty of time to go ‘National’.

Wisconsin’s problems are not all solved yet, and the neighboring states need support, also.


71 posted on 06/09/2012 9:12:48 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: depressed in 06
The bureaucracy is the permanent government. Most Republican administrations have shown an unwillingness to even try to deal with it. Reagan tried at first but had a Congress that clucthes that bureaucracy to its heart and will not let go. Reagan settled for bypassing the CIA in crucial matters.

A new Democrat administration embarks immediately on a wholesale housecleaning(side note: and a purge of the military officer corps), getting rid of and replacing every Republican installed bureaucrat and functionary they can reach.

Republicans add a few of their own but leave the prepositioned Democrat appointments in place. Similarly with the judiciary, Republicans tend to "balance" their judicial appointments while Democrats appoint only hard left Democrats and socialists. In the special case of USSC appointments the Republicans in the Senate tend to be magnanimous in allowing the Democrat president to have his choice and fight only a few of the most egregious appointments. Democrat Senators fight tooth and nail against ANY conservative appointment.

A result is that Republican administrations are actively sabotaged by their own Cabinet Departments, especially State.

The permanent government belongs to the Democrats/socialists and always will until/unless the agencies and bureaus and most of the Cabinet Departments are totally eliminated.
It won't happen.

72 posted on 06/09/2012 9:12:48 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson)
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To: Innovative

Forget it. Scott has a job to do in WI. We need him to finish his term and maybe another. He’s young. The nation can have him in 2020.


73 posted on 06/09/2012 9:13:19 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Innovative
In my opinion, he should be at the top of the list of potential VP candidates.

Well then your opinion sucks again, because it would give the State back to the Slave Party. Wisconsin is still shaky. They're going to need Walker for a while, and we're going to need Wisconsin to get better and better, both to keep the left out of the White House and as an example of what we can do (similar to Indiana).

74 posted on 06/09/2012 9:15:01 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The Slave Party Switcheroo: Economic crisis! Zero eligibility Trumped!! Hillary 2012!!!)
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To: Innovative

No, he isn’t a Vice Presidential candidate. Gimme a freakin’ break.


75 posted on 06/09/2012 9:17:28 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: ridesthemiles
neighboring states need support, also.

Thank you for paying attention.
76 posted on 06/09/2012 9:20:15 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: goseminoles

You are basically correct. Romney doesnt have to do anything since Obama is doing it all for him.

This is going to be easy for Romney. Yet it will be the nastiest campaign ever in the nations history.


77 posted on 06/09/2012 9:20:23 AM PDT by crz
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To: arthurus

As a symbolic statement, flushing the entirety of Obamacare would be refreshing (assuming the USSC hasn’t already done it for us). Any tiny nugget of good that happened to be embedded in the PPACA turd would best be enacted afresh.

However, I’m hearing that what Mitt wants to keep is a provision for interstate shopping of health insurance plans. If that’s the case I say don’t sweat the small stuff.

But again if the USSC barfs PPACA, it won’t matter.


78 posted on 06/09/2012 9:21:30 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Let me ABOs run loose Lou!)
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To: Innovative

As Wisconsin’s governor, Mr. Walker already has a better job, an immediately more important job than U.S. Vice President.

He has certainly done a better job as a governor than Romney ever did.

Wisconsin needs Walker, and the nation needs him, more right where he is than sitting as a place-holder for someone else for 4 or 8 more years.

Romney should pick someone else, and if Romney fails in his campaign, or if we don’t like how Romney does as President, conservatives can try to get Walker to run next time.


79 posted on 06/09/2012 9:23:56 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: W. W. SMITH

There are so many inscrutable factors in the Mitt puzzle. He seems to go along with the prevailing political winds.

Obama is more scrutable, but what we can scrut is uniformly Marxist. No waffling there.


80 posted on 06/09/2012 9:26:16 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Let me ABOs run loose Lou!)
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