Walker Leads Tight Pack in Iowa

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Walker Leads Tight Pack in Iowa

by Taegan Goddard at the political wire

http://politicalwire.com/

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A new Des Moines Register poll in Iowa finds Gov. Scott Walker leading the GOP presidential pack with 16%, followed by Sen. Rand Paul at 15%, Mitt Romney at 13%, Mike Huckabee at 10%, Ben Carson at 9%, Jeb Bush at 8%, Ted Cruz at 5%, Chris Christie at 4%, Rick Santorum at 4%, Rick Perry at 3% and Marco Rubio at 3%.


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[Release The Hounds]

1. The better he does in Iowa

The more Wis suffers.

[Avalux]

2. I think we're being distracted with Jeb. Walker is the real threat.

He'll end up with Koch backing, as they prop him up as their CEO while they orchestrate a hostile takeover of the federal government.

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4. You think Jeb Bush is the real threat or Scott Walker?

[Avalux]

5. Scott Walker, sorry if I wasn't clear. n/t

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6. I agree Scott Walker is dangerous. Because he's like a hero in an ayn rand book.

He's bullying and manipulative. Chris Christie is just a bully. Jeb Bush is the establishment candidate, he'll do their bidding (the Bushes are all great at that).

[MohRokTah]

7. Koch backing isn't anywhere close to enough.

The nominee must build a donation network capable of raising $1 billion for the campaign committee.

The Kochs are limited in how much they can donate to an individual campaign.

Walker has nowhere near the fund raising chops to accomplish this. Only Jeb Bush has the donor network capable of putting together that much cash on the GOP side.

Walker is running for Veep, and he's probably front runner right now because of Wisconsin being coupled with Florida in the electoral math.

Rubio is out of the running for anything other than HUD Secretary because he's from Florida. Jeb is also from Florida. Article II Section 1 nullifies electors from a state where the candidates are both residents.

[Initech]

10. We thought George Bush was the worst president ever.

Imagine a presidency bought and paid for by the Koch Brothers. Think 2008 was bad? This would be 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 times worse.

[MohRokTah]

3. Bob Dole won Iowa in '88.

Pat Robertson came in second.

George H.W. Bush was the '88 nominee who also won the GE.

[Agnosticsherbet]

8. Accordingto the Desmoinsregister.com, the Iowa Straw Poll is a poor predictor.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2015/01/08/iowa-straw-poll-how-well-does-it-predict-results/21481981/

[Cha]

9. Good.. it's a poor predictor.. didn't bachmann win last year?

[Blue Owl]

11. There's a lot of loose nuts in that tight pack

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