Posted on 04/18/2013 10:27:55 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
He doesn't get the attention of the Sunday talk shows, or Washington's political elite, but the Midwest's dragon slayer, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, is emerging in some Republican circles as the surprising favorite to win the GOP nomination for president in 2016.
Untainted by scandal, far from Washington's voter-frustrating gridlock, and reinvigorated by his victory over foes who staged a recall vote, the conservative Walker is also viewed as the best candidate to sop up the Midwest white vote which, had Mitt Romney done better there, would have catapulted him into the Oval Office.
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Although I do have a college degree I readily remind people that some of the most successful people have not had one nor needed one. Especially with what they teach these days, may be better off.
Isn't that basically the how and the why of how his brother got to the White House?
The runt of the litter thinks he has an in with the changing electorate due to his Mexican wife
I hope not. Along with the Kennedy family, the Bushes are one political dynasty that should have been nipped at the bud. Cronyist hacks the lot of them.
I suppose he could always get an honorary degree from somewhere . . .Its not as if journalists who had a cow over Palins education impress me with their education. Political Correctness 101 doesnt impress. I have a degree, in a discipline which doesnt represent basket weaving expertise - but that doesnt make me presidential timber. The education it represents - along with work experience and a lot of post-graduate Freeping - makes me comfortable that I understand the pros and cons of the global warming debate better than my brothers PhD brother-in-law does, tho . . .
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