How Scott Walker became an asterisk

[brooklynite]

Politico:

Before there was Donald Trump or Ben Carson or Carly Fiorina, there was Scott Walker — a defiant outsider who portrayed himself as the regular-guy champion of the GOP’s burn-the-Beltway base.

After a promising start last winter, the two-term Wisconsin governor turned out to be a tentative and mistake-prone candidate who badly fumbled core Republican issues — especially birthright citizenship — that Trump and other top GOP candidates handled with relative ease.

Several senior Republicans with knowledge of his campaign said the 47-year-old Walker — who won two elections and survived a recall effort without the help of national consultants — was simply too confident in his own abilities and often acted, ineptly, as his own campaign manager.

“The impression I had,” said one veteran GOP operative, “was that Scott was making it up as he went along.”

Can't wait for John Heilmann's "Game Change 3" to dig into this...

[GusBob]

1. Warning,, shallow and mean-spirited comment to follow

I have read maybe 8-10 of these obits on the Walker campaign. There are a lot of reasons presented for his demise in them. The guy is a loser let's face it

But one thing not one of the obits mention is the simple fact that the guy is also unphotogenic.

In every pic of the beady-eyed little rat faced jerk he looks like derp.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

7. He looks like a cartoon character who steps on a loose floorboard that smacks him in the face...

leaving him cross-eyed and dazed.
Wish I could recall who first said that.

[PeaceNikki]

2. Here's another wonderful article on Walker.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/22/scott-walker-donald-trump-run-again

Is full of beautiful quotes like "Trump didn’t just eat Walker’s lunch, he took the Saran wrap from Walker’s sandwich and suffocated him with it."

And, "He was against ethanol subsidies until he had to passionately make out with corn stalks in front of dubious-looking Iowa farm voters. "

Going to read your link now...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. He quit "for the good of the party and to spite Donald Trump,

who pantsed him in front of America."

and

"After 70 days of an official campaign and nine months of an unofficial one, God help you if you know what Scott Walker cared about besides crushing unions, hating taxes, liking fetuses and wanting to eat part of Ronald Reagan to become him."

[PeaceNikki]

6. I know! I love that article so hard.

[hfojvt]

3. that's actually kinda positive

in a way.

It makes it sound like he said what he really thought, instead of letting his positions get shaped and crafted by national consultants.

[PeaceNikki]

4. Also, my girlfriend coined the term "Scottenfreude".

lol