Although I have been a Scott Walker supporter for over ten years, I am starting to question whether he is ready to be president. His recent statements undermining our rare Republican super-majorities here in Wisconsin from passing anything conservative is very worrisome. We have everything in place to pass right-to-work, stand-your-ground, meaningful tax cuts, real educational vouchers, and other conservative legislation but Governor Walker is saying that he doesn’t want the controversy. A true ideological conservative would further the conservative agenda whenever possible (”make hay when the sun is shining”) and certainly not make that secondary to his own career ambitions. It is becoming apparent that the credit for much of what was accomplished in his first term may have been due more to a conservative legislature than his leadership. I hope that I am wrong about this, but I am afraid that Governor Scott Walker just isn’t ready for prime-time.
From the National Review:
If the GOP nominee is a sitting governor, journalists and party activists will want to know what issues they will be emphasizing back home with their legislatures in the coming year. Chris Christie, largely out from the shadow of his Bridgegate scandal, will be tackling the state’s public-pension liabilities, a state proxy for the federal entitlement crisis. Bobby Jindal will be plugging a $180 million annual deficit in his state’s budget, a test of his ability to cut spending. John Kasich will be trying to reduce the state’s income-tax rate as well as passing tougher regulations on charter-school operators.
But perhaps the most extensive agenda will be pursued by Wisconsin’s Scott Walker. Since he won reelection by six points in November, his aides have indicated he wants to continue lowering taxes, push to expand school choice, and replace the federal Common Core education standards. He also will try to have food-stamp and unemployment benefit recipients undergo drug testing, in part so they can show employers they are capable of holding jobs. As of now, he doesn’t plan any new dramatic assaults on the public-employee unions whose power he curbed in 2011 legislation.