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Scott Walker emerging as main challenger to Jeb Bush in Republican field
The Telegraph ^ | 17 Feb 2015 | Raf Sanchez

Posted on 02/17/2015 6:22:35 PM PST by Brown Deer

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To: Brown Deer

And again we have to get the truth from the UK!!


41 posted on 02/18/2015 5:08:52 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Brown Deer
Remember Herman Caine? Rick Santorum? Newt Gingrich? All of them were strong out of the gates and then the Romney team (a.k.a. GOP establishment) trained their sites on them and laid down a constant barrage until they were shattered. There is nothing the GOP-e hates more than conservatives, certainly they hate them more than democrats and liberals. If Walker continues to rise he will take on heat like the underside of the space shuttle re-entering the atmosphere.

Interestingly though, Walker has been getting hammered for years by unions and dem apparatchiks for years now and he's shrugged it all off and just kept winning. So it will be interesting to see how he stands up when his "friends" try to stick a knife between his ribs.

42 posted on 02/18/2015 5:54:19 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Who is John Galt?)
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To: marron
Except it won’t work with me. For me, its Cruz. Cruz/Walker, Cruz/Palin, Cruz/whattayagot. If I have to write it in.

And the Left thanks you.

43 posted on 02/18/2015 5:55:59 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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Well, I think each is a fair argument. I can argue points 1 and 3, but there are valid arguments on either side. The Medicare expansion in itself has validity, and it is an issue he clearly ran on. It also was well crafted to stay within budget...and provided a missing component to health care for seniors. On the other side, it further expanded government involvement in health care and was not paid for with additional taxes or reallocation.

For the war, it was a mistake only in that it was much more complicated than any war plan scenario. The goal was mutually agreed across both parties over two presidencies. The execution was good initially. The long term problems clearly stated. A middle east without Saddam is far better than one with him. Notice how much less attacks there are in Israel post Saddam...he’s not funding them anymore. He and his family were tyrants and the world is much better off with him and his sons gone. Strategically, it also was good to have our presence on either side of Iran. That was squandered by the current buffoon with no residual bases. That said, the Iraq war has had an overwhelmingly negative influence on our politics as it opened the door to Pelosi, Reid and Obama getting a large majority and ushering in horrible policies including Obamacare. The long term effects of that war may likely haunt the nation of a hundred years and be a part of his demise.

Your #4 is spot on...and I ended up abandoning Bush when he nominated her and when he went on that terrible offensive to push amnesty. He had a horrible second term on everything except the surge strategy that he adopted to save the Iraq effort. I used to think he also got two good justices in during his second term, but Roberts ended up a catastrophe who has somehow been compromised. He had a good start, but his record since Obamacare’s decision has been nothing short of catastrophic.

Your points on Bush are all legit. The problem is, someone could put together a nearly equal negative list on Reagan with his amnesty, a bad Supreme Court nomination and more. No president is going to be perfect. Bush would be in a much better position historically if they had better communicated, especially in the second term. They squandered a good reelection victory and 55 seat majority in the Senate in a matter of months, and two years later, the far left was running Washington.


44 posted on 02/18/2015 6:18:28 AM PST by ilgipper
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To: Render
I posted the snippet I did because it was from the same article and it completely contradicted the snippet you provided.

If you read the article very closely, what you will see is typical political speak. Those two quotes are not the opposite of each other, the one I provided uses the term 'legalize'. Your says no amnesty.

The question I raised, how will legalized illegals not eventually get amnesty?

45 posted on 02/18/2015 6:39:38 AM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
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To: marron

In the real world, that would make sense.
The Bush Family doesn’t share power and Walker has 3x the political skill of anyone in the Bush Family.

They would never pick Walker.
They will probably pick an moderate already in their camp like Jon Huntsman or Mitch Daniels


46 posted on 02/18/2015 6:41:50 AM PST by Zathras
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To: Zathras

Add Rob Portman to the list of VP selections for Bush.
He would NEVER pick Walker


47 posted on 02/18/2015 6:45:03 AM PST by Zathras
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To: ilgipper

Well I’d like to add, that the Medicare expansion was OPPOSED by US House conservatives and..

that these policies I mentioned led DIRECTLY to the nation electing President Obama, while I can forgive some of this: I CANNOT forgive the total as it gave us THE WORST President in my lifetime!


48 posted on 02/18/2015 8:27:33 AM PST by JSDude1
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Scott Walker inherits the ‘Romney vote’ says new Iowa poll
49 posted on 02/18/2015 11:22:11 AM PST by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: Balding_Eagle

Walker wants to accelerate the invasion. Ted Cruz will at least slow it down.


50 posted on 02/18/2015 2:56:03 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace- No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Brown Deer

Go, Cruz!


51 posted on 02/18/2015 2:58:02 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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