2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWalker bragging he'll do to the country what he did to Wisconsin
It's a nightmare scenario. Just as he's done twice to the state of Wisconsin, Walker would make sweeping, radical changes immediately after taking office. If you can list every right wing fantasy of what Republican extremists would like to do to the federal government, you'll still be surprised by what Walker will come up with. He won't campaign on the extremist agenda, but it will be ready to go and he'll blindside the country with it if he wins the Presidency and has a Republican Senate and House.
You go down the linethere is not a common sense conservative forum in America, at least at the state level, that we havent taken action on in the State of Wisconsin. Why do I say that? It isnt a brag list as much as to your question, to me, when I say we should come in and talk about fundamentally moving power from the federal government to the states, and education, and transportation, and Medicaid and social service and other agencies. When people say that is pretty tremendously aggressive and vicious reform out there I say: been there, done that. Weve done that. We have to do it early.
Link to March 11 Walker Breitbart interview (sorry )
GusBob
(7,286 posts)what he did was bait-and-switch in wisconsin. now he is pandering/flip and flopping for hard core conservative primary votes
more and more it looks like he will get slaughtered in the general election. he cannot win without Indy swing votes
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)Now WI is pushing him on the rest of us!
Screw WI independents
lutefisk
(3,974 posts)His Wisconsin audition for the White House was successful, meaning he will have so much money behind him for 2016 he could actually win. He's completely sold out the people of Wisconsin to every right wing billionaire he could find, and it's paying off for him.
During the campaign Walker portrayed himself as the underdog, claiming he was being outspent by his opponent. As with much of what he says, it turned out to be a lie:
"Newly filed reports show Republican Gov. Scott Walker raised $30.4 million and spent $32.4 million in the last six months of 2013 and all of 2014. Thats nearly twice the roughly $17 million raised and spent during this 18-month period by his unsuccessful Democratic challenger, Mary Burke."
GusBob
(7,286 posts)Not be accusatory, but this "3 time winner" is a right wing comment that comes up in every discussion about this creep.
There are a variety of reason he won the 2 regular elections. The primary of which was money and weak opponents and low turnout. the recall was more recall fatigue (cheeseheads have a trusting fault of fair play).
The point I tried to make and was missed: His approval rating is plummeting now in state as people, led by independents, flee his camp.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)They watch ads and vote or don't vote
People voters Dems Repubs Indies
Take responcibility for once!
How are we ever to win anything with the attitude that reality is a right wing talking point?
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)Low turnout was NOT helped, btw, by the odious & highly unconstitutional voter ID laws put into place by Wisconsin and other states.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)turn it into a cold Alabama. God help us all if he ever gets to be President (which seems very unlikely - but I didn't think a lummox like Bush could win, either).
TeamPooka
(24,254 posts)Nixon Reagan Bush Bush Romney McCain
lutefisk
(3,974 posts)That's all he has done since being elected in 2010 and now he is ready for his pay day. Most of the electorate gets their understanding of politics through the lens of the bought and paid for corporate media. And the billionaires Walker sold Wisconsin to are the ones who can influence that corporate media enough to get this soulless man elected. It worked in Wisconsin- he easily outspent his Democratic opponent almost two-to-one, and that made the difference. A Walker win is possible, and so is our descent into outright fascism.
TeamPooka
(24,254 posts)riversedge
(70,299 posts)lutefisk
(3,974 posts)Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)This state is nothing more than a vehicle to be used getting from point A to point B (point B, of course, being the Republican nomination).
Does anybody here doubt that if Walker was to show up at an Iowa-Wisconsin football or basketball game in Iowa City that he would don some Hawkeye gear in order to grab a few more caucus supporters? That's an allegory, of course to how he really views us and our neighbors to the southwest.
benld74
(9,909 posts)lutefisk
(3,974 posts)Well maybe Dubya...
But there is truly something wrong with Walker. I think he's a sociopath and everything about him is subservient to his pathological ambition. There is nothing honest or empathetic about him- he's dangerous.
John Poet
(2,510 posts)seem to resemble Bruce Dern in his youth,
when he was playing the villain in all those cowboy shows/movies...
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)benld74
(9,909 posts)Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)He looks like every talentless loser I knew in high school. You just know there's nothing altruistic or kindhearted going on behind those dead eyes.
Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)Scott Walker is the political equivalent of a strip mining operation.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)John Poet
(2,510 posts)I don't think Walker can go without whipping open his pants and showing his true self to the world, long enough to get the Republican nomination...
...or, on second thought, maybe that's what gets him the nomination....
(figuratively speaking... or not...)
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)apnu
(8,758 posts)I remember seeing something like that.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)nlkennedy
(60 posts)We have a lesbian senator and we overwhelmingly elected the Brown skinned liberal from Hawaii (Kenya) twice now...
We have no party here in Wisconsin and we only survive or win in default presidential elections...
We have to understand...right wingers aren't voting for walker, they are voting for Jesus Christ, Ronald Reagan's sexy memories, and the not democratic party...
Myrina
(12,296 posts)'cuz he sure isn't acting out of love and support ...