Posted on 05/28/2015 12:43:54 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
He’s been my pick for a while now. Ted Cruz was my choice before that.
I see it too babe, who else in the GOP has a record close to his?
At beating Dems at their issues ?
: )
Thank you.
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“3. Blue-State Winner: About one-in-10 Wisconsin voters could be called Obama-Walker voters. They cast ballots for both not because Walker hews to Obamas ideology hes far from it but because Walker kept his promises. Perhaps as importantly, his reforms worked. Class sizes often got smaller. Tax bills went down. Municipal services improved. America is home to many voters who are essentially apolitical, but they respond to authenticity, and a positive message, and they dont particularly care about party affiliation.
4. Positive Personal Vision: Austerity wont sell, and Scott Walker knows it. His Act 10 plan worked largely because everyone benefited but the union bosses and that includes thousands of union members. Hes lavish in his praise for hard-working government employees, and wants to give them an opportunity to do even better work. He connects with folks who are stuck in government entitlement programs, because he understands that the vast majority of them hate it, and want the dignity that comes with work and self-sufficiency.
Gov. Scott Walker rides in a Harley-Davidson parade. The motorcycle maker is headquartered in Milwaukee, and Walkers 2003 Road King has more than 20,000 miles on it.
Walker believes that Washington, D.C., can change because he was there when Madison, WI, did. He engineered it.
Despite years in government, Scott Walker is not a millionaire. Shocking, right? He still has that everyman appeal, and has put more than 20,000 miles on his 2003 Harley-Davidson Road King. His boys went to public school, and they helped him rake the lawn, even as union thugs subjected the family to drive-by shoutings, and obscene gestures. Walker is comfortable around normal people, and he understands their concerns.
Perhaps most importantly, he understands that logic and data only take you so far. People are emotional and moral creatures, and they make emotional and moral decisions, rather than political, or even economic, ones. They have a finely tuned sense of whats fair, and Scott Walker knows how to connect his policies to their intuition about right and wrong.
5. Vetted: The presidential election process can be brutal, and some Republican candidates are going to fall by the wayside as legitimate, and illegitimate, concerns arise and brutal attacks commence.
But Scott Walker has been through it three times in four years a special election, a recall election, and a regularly scheduled election. More than any elected official currently under consideration, he has been vetted for an executive post.
His recall election was nationalized by his enemies. Not only does this reduce the likelihood of some career-ending revelation, but it also means that he has a nationwide reputation and network of supporters. Many millions of dollars have been burned attempting to torch him. It all failed, and his victory margins grew.
All of the candidates are human. They all, doubtless, have embarrassing secrets. Anything can happen in a long presidential campaign, but Scott Walkers files have been riffled, his videos eyeballed, and his personal life frisked more than any of them. Hes literally a Boy Scout. Eagle, in fact.
Gov. Scott Walker waits in line with his neighbors to vote in his own recall election in June 2012
6. Humility and grace through faith in God: Prayer and the Scriptures have played a central role in Scott Walkers life, and in his leadership. From his faith in Christ he seems to have drawn an extraordinary blend of tenacity and humility. Hes willing to admit his mistakes, and take a public beating if necessary. But he wont sacrifice what he knows to be right, to reverse a sliding popularity poll.
You dont have to believe in God to be president of the United States. But when serving as the commander in chief of the worlds most powerful military, its useful to have a daily reminder that you, and your power, are finite, and that you serve at the pleasure of One who is eternal, whos judgment is righteous, and whose power is without limit.
7. State-Centric: Former Gov. Mitt Romney missed an opportunity to convey a positive vision about Republican ideas that Gov. Scott Walker is unlikely to miss: the state-centric vision of a better America. Not only is Walker a big fan of his fellow conservative governors, hes a vocal champion of their accomplishments. He likes to point out that they, and their state legislative colleagues, provide evidence that conservative ideas resonate with American voters, and they work. You dont have to tack to the center to win. You have to tell the success stories of conservatism with genuine passion.
As a county executive, Walker rejected federal stimulus funds. As governor, he fashioned a Badger-State solution to providing healthcare for the poor, reducing Medicaid rolls, and moving more people into paying something for their own care.
Meanwhile, back at the White House, despite President Obamas previous crowing about undying loyalty to unions, the president wisely avoided Wisconsin during the battle over Act 10, realizing that the rubber was meeting the road and he didnt want tire tracks on his back.
It would be good to have a U.S. president who understands that, constitutionally, the federal government is restrained by enumerated powers, and that only the states have general legislative authority. Everywhere Republican principles have been put to the test, they leave in their wake a track record of success.
Youll find no better champion for federalism and true republicanism than Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.”
I think walker is the best choice because anything and everything that there is to be discovered about Scott walker has been ALL ready been discovered and used to try and discredit Scott walker. we also no that Scott walker can tear apart any democrat in a debate. scoot walker also has the strength of character to tear into the damaged bureaucracy’s that have been turned into tools of the democratic party to go after there enemies.
It is very instructive.
It’s either Walker or Cruz. We just need to dump the rest fast so we don’t get Jeb.
Also, he fits the formula of "most electable conservative".
He is a fighter, but is he conservative on any issue besides unions?
Having had the privilege of voting for Mr Walker five times for political office (twice as Milwaukee County Executive and three times as governor) I would only add as the eighth reason that he has proven himself to be an able administrator of a complex, mid-size state apparatus, and as the ninth, that he shown himself truly capable of uniting all three wings of the Republican party -- the old-line, Progressive Republicans, the Conservatives, and the Libertarians -- and getting them to play nicely together. Those are all reasons why he's my choice.
Wasn't the real reason because police and fire unions were the only ones who supported him? Because legally I don't think they can go on strike.
Pick something.
No, he is conservative on EVERY issue, including unions....and he has a RECORD to prove it, unlike the others.
Walker is gaining steam again, leading up to his announcement. I feel bad for those that ignore Walker’s RECORD of conservative accomplishments that outshine every other candidate currently running.
Cruz talks a good game, but has not been tested, has not implemented anything and, recently, made some very concerning votes empowering President Obama.
Walker is a longtime supporter of illegal immigration and still assures liberals that he still “privately” supports it.
How do you mean "Tested"?
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