[USS Alaska]

A trio of Republican establishment favorites -- Jeb Bush, Scott Walker and Marco Rubio -- are all losing ground in the party's 2016 presidential field, a new Fox News poll shows.

When did Scott Walker become a gop favorite? I could vote for him but I didn't know that the establishment was high on Walker.

[samtheman]

When did Scott Walker become a gop favorite? I could vote for him but I didn't know that the establishment was high on Walker.

That's a good point. Walker isn't my choice (though I could support him if he got the nomination), but I think it's unfair to call him an establishment favorite.

The establishment favorites are Bush, Rubio and Kasich.

[samtheman]

I forgot Graham. Easy to forget. But of course he’s also on the establishment list.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

He was the firewall if jebber failed to gain traction.

[ncalburt]

Yes , Walker is pure establishment .
1. Walker hired the Romney political operatives and manger from his 2012 disaster team.
2. Reince Prebius, the anti conservative / anti tea party snake git his job thanks to Walker who pushed for shim. Prebiusxwas his Wisconsin RDN head
3. George ‘ I hate Trump supporters’ Will and his wife are operatives and she the Walker communication director. Nothing says DC insiders than the Wills.
4. Brad Dayspring , is a anti conservative dirty tricks / smear merchant who worked for Reince Prebius.. Dayspring was the guy behind the McDaniels dirty tricks in MS.
5. Liz Mair, she was hired by Team Walker as a social media person.She is famous for being a DC insider who is anti conservative, pro abortion, pro gay marriage, pro gun control , . She was Quietly let go but now trashes trump as a subcontractor for whom ? ..
6. The Pro amnesty billionaires, The Koch Brothers are his big money bags.
Yes, Walker is the GOPe boy !

[BobL]

Yea, he is Establishment. Walker’s only real creds that I know of consist of him taking on the unions. Well guess what - The Establishment also hates the unions as they drive up labor costs tremendously. That is one of the few areas left where people here and The Establishment still have common ground.

...so Walker’s fighting of the unions does not mean he’s fighting the GOP Establishment - and virtually everything else that I know of, as in Brad Dayspring, says The Establishment owns him.