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To: bigbob

>>Walker knows how to pick his battles<<

It’s interesting watching how the press treats Walker’s non-responses to “issues” they’re trying to create. Essentially they’re reduced to complaining that he didn’t give them anything to critique, so they criticize his non-responses instead.

I view this as Walker entering the national stage and demonstrating whether or not he can handle the media. So far, so good. This isn’t necessarily surprising, given that he was faced with a hostile media both in Milwaukee when county executive, and in Madison as Governor. He’s obviously had experience at dealing with gotcha questions since he’s been elected and re-elected in spite of the efforts of Wisconsin media.

Someone in here criticized his present “right to work” stance. Again, I think this is a matter of picking his battles. The state legislature will very likely send him a bill making Wisconsin a right to work state at some point, one he would almost certainly sign, but he’s letting the legislature lead the effort, while he claims that it’s somewhat of a distraction at this time. Viewed from a national level, it is a distraction, especially when Obama has pushed both the coal industry unions and the construction industry unions away from the Dems. Why should a potential GOP presidential candidate then seek to push them away from the GOP? And that is exactly what would happen if he allowed himself to be seen as leading the right to work effort in Wisconsin today.


80 posted on 02/20/2015 8:51:29 AM PST by Norseman (Defund the Left-Completely!)
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To: Norseman

I would add that it appears Governor Walker was paying more attention during the political science classes he took while in college than our President paid to his constitutional law classes on his way to getting his degrees.


81 posted on 02/20/2015 8:55:14 AM PST by Norseman (Defund the Left-Completely!)
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To: Norseman

Next time they ask him about Giuliani’s remarks, he should just say, “Now, that would be like you asking President Obama to be accountable for what one of his staffers said about PM Netanyahu”. LOL!


82 posted on 02/20/2015 8:59:02 AM PST by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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