[Political Junkie Too]

illustrated the limits of fundraising in a 2016 that was supposed to be dominated by unregulated campaign spending. Both Walker and former Gov. Rick Perry, who dropped out earlier this month, represent a two-man money-couldn’t-buy-them-love club on the sidelines. Super PACs affiliated with Perry and Walker raised millions in the weeks leading up to their collapses — Walker’s alone banked more than $20 million.

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“He was a terrible candidate, but he also got Trump-ed,” said one Walker ally. It sounds more likely that he was Bushwhacked.

Walker and Perry are exactly what the Bush strategy of tying up all the donor money was all about. They can't blame that on Trump. It's only sour grapes to suggest that they might have gotten more fundraising if Trump didn't hog all the media, but it's really Bush squeezing out the donor class that did them in.

-PJ

[goldstategop]

If you’re not a billionaire and you don’t watch where and how you spend, once your tank runs dry, its over.

Walker simply didn’t realize that money will only take you so far and Trump is nowhere near even spending money to remain in contention.

Trump doesn’t need to because he is already famous. For Walker, having the country get on aboard with him was a struggle.

Between the brand and an unknown name, it was simply no contest.