Posted on 05/18/2014 2:57:03 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Some righties are grumbling about this, but c’mon. No one expects a Republican governor who’s up for reelection in a blue state to lead the “throw the RINOs out!” movement. Besides, this makes strategic sense if I’m right about Walker’s niche in the 2016 field. I see him as an establishment/tea party “hybrid” candidate who’ll challenge Christie from the right (especially on social issues) and whoever emerges as the tea-party favorite from the center (especially on immigration). His war with the left over collective bargaining reform in Wisconsin is already so legendary that there’s practically nothing he could do to ruin his conservative cred before the primaries. He’ll be acceptable to tea partiers. His task now is to make sure he’s acceptable to establishmentarians too before they settle on Christie and one obvious way to do that is to discourage tea partiers from challenging Republican incumbents. He opposed the shutdown for similar reasons, I assume, saying at the time, “I support limited government. But I want the government left to work.” That might well be his 2016 campaign slogan — and Christie’s too. Christie will simply have a harder time selling it to righties than Walker will. There may well be a new debt-ceiling standoff next month over ObamaCare (or maybe not). How do you suppose Walker will come down on that one?
Is this true, though?
[G]o and help in those elections [against vulnerable Democrats] and elect new Republicans because a year from now things will be much different if Republicans hold the United States Senate.
How? Obama might have to use his veto a lot more next year, but that’s fine by him. He’s a lame duck. At best, forcing a lightning rod like O to play goalie against GOP initiatives instead of leaving it to Harry Reid will free up a few centrist Democrats like Joe Manchin to vote with Republicans on hot-button issues knowing that they have no chance of becoming law. And this assumes, of course, that Republicans build on Reid’s precedent and nuke what’s left of the filibuster so that they can pass bills through the Senate with a simple majority. I’m not sure they will. They gain nothing politically from it given the reality of O’s veto and they’ll take a predictable beating for it from lefty hacks in the media (all of whom cheered Reid for nuking the filibuster vis-a-vis executive appointments). Worse, Democrats will be primed to exploit the new rule in 2017: It’s the GOP that’ll be defending the lion’s share of vulnerable seats in the 2016 election, which is bound to have higher Democratic turnout than usual because it’s a presidential election year. It’s worth nuking the rest of the filibuster if/when Republicans once again control the Senate and the White House. Before then, why?
The only important difference in having GOP control of the Senate next year is that Republicans will be able to veto Obama’s appointments, including/especially Supreme Court appointments. They can still do that now in theory since the filibuster remains in effect for SCOTUS nominees, but if someone on the Court resigns this year, it’s a cinch that Reid will go ahead and nuke that provision too. Having 51 Republicans for the last two years of O’s term would solve that problem going forward — if they hang together and vote unanimously against a bad Obama appointment. You trust Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, John McCain, and Mark Kirk to do that, don’t you?
That's pure BS. You can believe it if you want, but believing pure BS isn't good for your brain waves. It's about as believable as a unicorn.
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I’ve arrived at the point where I recognize that Scott Walker, while a good Governor at the state level, would never fly the Gadsden flag at the federal level nor stand with those of us who do.
By the way, congratulations on making me have to look up the meaning of a word (i.e., uroboros).
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Can’t really see a difference between a RINO and a Democrat.
Mistake to think that the T.E.A. partiers are exclusively Republican. They are not.
A lot of them are conservatives and libertarians who have no allegiance to the Republican party at all. Some are disgruntled Democrats, and many never identified with any political party ever.
That does not mean the Republicans cannot have a very potent ally in the political races this fall, and years to come. But a truce must be called, or both sides end up wasting ammunition on each other.
The US Army finally had to treat the US Marines like allies in the battle against the Axis Powers in WW II.
Tell the GOPe to stop treating US like scum!!!!
Amen to that. I happen to like Cruz and would prefer him as the R nominee, but this stuff is pure BS and just pisses me off.
Ha—I guess there is a bit of a parallel there. I think he had national ambitions from the start and was indeed looking for a way to make the numbers under his governorship look good enough for him to run for higher office. I too agree with the move, but I’m quite certain he wasn’t expecting it to draw attention and become a fight.
I say talk full-blown amnesty with all the candy coating and with a nice bow on top. Make it look like the big Christmas present under the tree. Then, after the elections, when the present is unwrapped, all that will be found is a little box with a little seed inside. Then they can say, “We tried, but because of the Democrats, that all you get.” The DemonRAT’s effort to slant the electorate will have backfired.
Sincerely - A member of the TEA Party
If they don't meet those criteria, they don't get my vote. Which is why I didn't vote for Romney.
You wouldn't think it's that hard for the pubs to find a candidate that actually followed the party platform.
But they can't. And that's why I'm not a Republican.
/johnny
A Bush with any other name is still a Bush!
If the republicans wish to regain control of the senate, then we need to unify as a party. Walker is right in that respect. One thing that the democrats are very good at is rallying around their candidate. They keep winning a seat as their prize, and they display unity to do so. The GOP-e spends its time vilifying Tea Party candidates so that some republicans stay home on election day and the rest are split and the democrat wins.
I am not advocating supporting RINOs, but republicans will continue to lose seats as long as this behavior continues.
Do I have to go google his quotes again?
He has very expressly said just that on the record:
How much was Scott Walkers soul?
The Democrat is more honest.
Sure, he’s been fine as governor, and the union move was a positive one, but he is massively pro-amnesty and would be a disaster as president.
If he runs, he'll have to deal with it, and state how he would handle that issue.
Until then, just cut the BS.
Yep. They MUST have the “”hold our nose” crowd to win. I left that crowd a few years ago.
I don’t like the GOPer running, I won’t vote. That simple.
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