"Rinky-dink" Scott Walker’s Secret Weapon

Slate ^ | March 5, 2015 | etsy Woodruff

[Cincinatus' Wife]

MADISON, Wisconsin—Scott Walker loves the haters. In recent years as Wisconsin has moved further to the right, the mild-mannered preacher’s son has become in the eyes of his opponents an icon of all that is evil—and he seems to relish it. On the stump, the governor is fond of talking up the fact that he’s “the No. 1 target in America of the labor unions and many others on the left,” and the hecklers that seem willing to follow him to the ends of the Earth give him a chance to flex his conservative muscles. They feed the perception that in Wisconsin, it was Walker against the world, and Walker won....

..The Wisconsin Senate will vote to pass the new right-to-work bill either late Thursday or early Friday morning,and then the legislation will head for the governor’s desk where Walker will sign his name and add another item to his list of conservative wins....

... without having a statehouse full of allies, it would have been impossible for Walker to distinguish himself from the growing field of potential 2016 contenders.

Republican governors in blue states are typically hamstrung by their legislatures. Walker’s Legislature, to his great fortune, has propelled him. He has become the public face of a state government that is predominantly and combatively conservative. Walker’s success is an important reminder that hundreds of tiny, inexpensive state legislative elections that get zero national media attention can be the difference between being a nobody governor with a rinky-dink profile and being within spitting distance of your party’s presidential nomination.

[Erik Latranyi]

Surprise, when he does another PRO-AMNESTY Deal for UNIONS to collect dues from all those "NEW" Workers, who'll work for less wages than the current workers.

Clearly, you are an idiot.

Walker wants it easier for LEGAL immigrants who want to work here to get through our immigration system.

What you CONVENIENTLY left out of that interview is his saying that he does not support amnesty for the illegals.

Nice try twisting words and citing liberal sources. How much is the Jeb campaign paying you to post LIES?

YOU are the problem.....you call yourself a conservative and then fall for liberal bait like this that twists words and posts headlines meant to divide us.

Walker is very strong on immigration....if you would take the time to see his actions and words......and not the liberal headlines.

[Yosemitest]

He fooled you TWICE, did he?

[Erik Latranyi]

He fooled you TWICE, did he?

Genius, your FIRST premise is that he is funneling money to unions via dues paying amnesty aliens.

How is that going to happen when Wisconsin a right to work state?

How is that going to happen when he blocked sanctuary cities and opposed amnesty at every opportunity?

You are so blind that it amazes me you have been on FR this long and can post stupidity like this.

If you are a Cruz supporter, you are not helping him by acting this dumb.

[UB355]

Some stupidity knows no bounds

[elcid1970]

I first became aware of Scott Walker in 2010 when he survived that attempted recall & afterward the “Crying Man” wailed before the cameras that democracy was dead in America.

No, Crying Man, democracy was powerfully revived that night.

[ConservativeDude]

“Walker’s success is an important reminder that hundreds of tiny, inexpensive state legislative elections that get zero national media attention can be the difference between being a nobody governor with a rinky-dink profile and being within spitting distance of your party’s presidential nomination.”

[afraidfortherepublic]

Scott Walker’s secret weapon is that he’s totally honest and does what he promises.

FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Walker was a major force in Wisconsin politics before anybody ever heard of Priebus.

[turducken]

I would say that unless we want to see a demographic transformation of our country into something most of us wouldn't recognize, then we need to put a stop to illegal and legal immigration.

This is no longer a wide open frontier and we have a population adequate to do the work of the nation.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Walker (March 1, 2015): My View Has Changed on Amnesty

Furthermore, there is nothing wrong with advocating "A Path for Citizenship". This country has had a path for citizenship since its founding. It's in the Constitution. The problem is the Justice Department that has not been enforcing the laws and our borders.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“She’d hold her own in a Hillary-Bush match-up but not in a Hillary-Walker fight.”

Agreed. He’s take, ‘Old Cankles’ DOWN! But politely, LOL!

[GOPJ]

This country has had a path for citizenship since its founding. It's in the Constitution. The problem is the Justice Department that has not been enforcing the laws and our borders.

Good point.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

[Walker hired Michael J. Gallagher, 31, an former Marine captain and Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer, as his foreign-policy aide. Gallagher has moved to Madison and began work this week.]

Captain Michael Gallagher, USMC

"Fellow, Marine Corps' Junior Officer Strategic Intelligence Program Mike Gallagher is currently a fellow in the Marine Corps’ Junior Officer Strategic Intelligence Program and a student in the joint M.A. in Security Studies/Ph.D. in International Relations program at Georgetown University. Prior to this assignment, he served on General Petraeus’ CENTCOM Assessment Team and deployed twice to Al Anbar Province between 2007 and 2008 as a commander of intelligence teams.

Mike holds a Master of Science in Strategic Intelligence from National Defense Intelligence College. He received his undergraduate degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, earning a certificate in Near Eastern Studies. At Georgetown, he intends to explore the role of intelligence in grand strategy design and presidential decision-making. Mike speaks Arabic and grew up in both Green Bay, WI and Costa Mesa, CA."

[Yosemitest]

Walker ... Boehner ... Hillary ...
"At this point, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE ? ! ? ! ? ! < /sarc>

[afraidfortherepublic]

Walker’s name does not even belong in the same breath as the other two.

[GOPJ]

Mike holds a Master of Science in Strategic Intelligence from National Defense Intelligence College. He received his undergraduate degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, earning a certificate in Near Eastern Studies. At Georgetown, he intends to explore the role of intelligence in grand strategy design and presidential decision-making. Mike speaks Arabic and grew up in both Green Bay, WI and Costa Mesa, CA."

Great news Cincinatus Wife... it means Walker's NOT afraid to hire SMART AND ETHICAL people to work for him... One more reason Walker might be our guy..

[Yosemitest]

Walker's sudden change on AMNESTY is not to be trusted.
You don't have to worry about being fooled TWICE with TED CRUZ.

[Balding_Eagle]

Cruz is for the legalization of those already here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/us/cruz-tries-to-claim-the-middle-ground-on-immigration.html?pagewanted=all

Snippet from the article:

What has not been as evident is what “he supports: legal status for millions of people here already, while making it easier for immigrants to come here through the front door”.

[Yosemitest]

It's CALLED "LEGAL IMMIGRATION", in case YOUR Public School Education FAILED YOU.

' ... When it comes to immigration reform, Senator Ted Cruz has made it abundantly clear what he OPPOSES:
giving citizenship to people WHO BROKE THE LAW to come here.

... “The amendment that I introduced REMOVED THE PATH TO CITIZENSHIP, but it did not change the underlying work permit from the Gang of Eight,” he said during a recent visit to El Paso. ...

“If YOUR objective is actually to pass a bill INSISTING on a path to citizenship, it is in both intent and effect A POSION PILL,” he said,
adding that he thinks many of the immigration groups working on the issue are “being taken advantage of.”"