>>I’m concerned Walker is the Establishment default candidate. Jeb is just not flying so they will likely get behind Walker. <<
I think you’re right in thinking that people who would prefer Bush will settle on Walker if Bush fails to gain traction, but I see that as more of an advantage to Walker than a disadvantage to conservatives. Romney had no such opponent and we saw where that led. Walker’s presence in the race (even though he’s not yet announced) has been sufficient to keep Bush from gaining significant ground.
If Walker remains strong and eventually picks a VP from one of three junior Senators (Cruz, Rubio, Paul), I think we’ll be set for 16 years. Each Senator brings something different to the table, but what they bring is in the right direction.
Now, if Walker picked Bush for VP, or someone similar, that would be a different matter entirely.
Well its a dream to think that Cruz, Paul or even Rubio would accept second seat. That’s not how it works. Walker would pick someone who would not steal the limelight and who would bring in some votes from a swing state.
Cruz still has his senate seat, Rand Paul can still run for re-election and I imagine Rubio is seriously thinking of running for the Florida governorship if he gets winnowed out of the Presidential race.
As President Walker would not do anything bad but I would envision him re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. He’s not going to flog MConnell and Boehner into any heroic government size cutting or repealing Obamacare or any major tax code changes. I hope I’m wrong but unless we get a real crusader in the Whitehouse they will likely just be a placeholder for the next Democrat.
Ted Cruz said yesterday in his NH speech that the next 20 months are going to be Lord of The Flies and he is right. Who knows what will happen between now and the election.