Walker Plan Cedes Early Momentum to Bush

[DonViejo]

Gov. Scott Walker (R) “has put campaign plans in motion that cede early momentum to his chief rival, Jeb Bush, in favor of beating Mr. Bush and other opponents with a long-game strategy designed to achieve financial and political success next winter,” the New York Times reports.

“The strategy, described in interviews with advisers and donors to Mr. Walker, is an acknowledgment that despite leading in some early polls and earning praise from party kingmakers, Mr. Walker faces serious obstacles — money, readiness, stature — to becoming his party’s standard-bearer… Advisers said that Mr. Walker, conceding that he has no hope of raising more than Mr. Bush this spring and summer, is devoting considerable time instead to addressing a weakness that could derail him with a single gaffe no matter how much some donors love him: his lack of depth on issues facing a president, especially national security.”

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[stevenleser]

1. The strategy might be a good one for him, but releasing it publicly is not smart.

It makes him look weak. And there is no need for the current Koch favorite to put that narrative out there.

This means the crew he has around him giving him advice are not exactly top folks.

[FSogol]

2. Except it is probably rope-a-dope from Walker's team. Jeb is already dropping the in polls.

Since the Bush name is more toxic than previously thought, it is not clear that he will have early wins. The best strategy for Walker's team would be to hide Walker in an underground vault. Every encounter between Walker and the press or Walker and a normal citizen is fraught with peril for the crappy lower-tier candidate. They need to hide him from the light.

[Gothmog]

3. It was really stupid for Walker to release this strategy