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Related: About this forumJohn Nichols: Scott Walker is not running for governor
http://host.madison.com/news/opinion/column/john_nichols/john-nichols-scott-walker-is-not-running-for-governor/article_94f3e13a-59b2-5a9b-94ac-f47476773aed.htmlThe remarkable thing about Gov. Scott Walkers re-election campaign is that Walker makes little effort to hide the fact that he is not running for governor in 2014. He is running for president in 2016. Yes, of course, Walker must tap a base in Wisconsin on the way. But he promises Wisconsinites nothing more than an election night celebration if he wins; then its off to Iowa and New Hampshire. Asked last month by the Green Bay Press Gazette if he would tell people that if youre elected in November that you promise to serve out the four years and skip the 2016 national elections, Walker danced around the question with ill-defined talk of the next four years. Pressed on whether that was a promise to serve the full four years, Walker replied: I've never made a time commitment anywhere I've been in office.
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After being elected to a full term as county executive in 2004, Walker immediately began running for the Republican nomination for governor in 2006. Only after he was elbowed out of that race by national Republicans did he choose to finish the term to which he was elected. After Walker was re-elected as county executive in 2008, he immediately began running for the Republican nomination for governor in 2010.
Whats different this year is that Walker is already running for president, taking every step short of formally announcing. He has:
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After being elected to a full term as county executive in 2004, Walker immediately began running for the Republican nomination for governor in 2006. Only after he was elbowed out of that race by national Republicans did he choose to finish the term to which he was elected. After Walker was re-elected as county executive in 2008, he immediately began running for the Republican nomination for governor in 2010.
Whats different this year is that Walker is already running for president, taking every step short of formally announcing. He has:
Published a 2016 campaign book, "Unintimidated: A Governor's Story and a Nation's Challenge," which Glenn Becks The Blaze refers to as the prototypical book about someone running for president who doesnt want to come out and actually say that he is running for president.
Campaigned with Republicans in the first caucus state of Iowa, campaigned with Republicans in the first primary state of New Hampshire, and campaigned with Republicans in the key Southern primary state of South Carolina.
Regularly been featured (admittedly, toward the bottom) in presidential polls taken nationally and in New Hampshire and Iowa.
Flown to Las Vegas to appear with potential 2016 Republican contenders at event organized by billionaire Sheldon Adelson.
Openly speculated about the conservative jurists he would like to appoint to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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John Nichols: Scott Walker is not running for governor (Original Post)
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Oct 2014
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rurallib
(62,448 posts)1. C'mon Wisconsin - take this slime out!
Our country needs you
broiles
(1,370 posts)2. That's hilarious. He has the charm of a dead fish after 5 days in the sun.
unionthug777
(740 posts)3. what kind of fish?
I would strongly suspect some type of bottom-feeder
broiles
(1,370 posts)4. Alligator Gar, I think.
broiles
(1,370 posts)6. Scott, I'd know you anywhere. Is that your family?
undeterred
(34,658 posts)7. Its Rebecca Clay-fish
Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)8. How he's gotten this far is beyond me
Oh, that's right....California proudly elected Reagan and Schwarzenegger.
lutefisk
(3,974 posts)9. And Reagan became POTUS...
Seriously. He is so clearly dishonest and only does that which benefits Scott Walker and only Scott Walker, usually at great cost to the people he pretends to represent. Yet, this sociopath who has done so much damage to this state will likely be elected again. If that's possible, his POTUS fantasy is possible.