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riversedge

(70,299 posts)
Wed Aug 19, 2015, 01:10 PM Aug 2015

Scott Walker bashing from Conservative Wash Post columnist Jennifer Rubin-"Scott Walker goes

ah, poor widdle unintimidated is falling like a lead baloon in recent polls.


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Scott Walker goes wobbly

By Jennifer Rubin August 19 at 11:30 AM


Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker presents his plan to replace Obamacare during a visit to Cass Screw Machine Products on Tuesday in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (Jim Mone/Associated Press)

We have reported over the past few months Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s stumbling campaign. The flip-flops (on immigration, ethanol, gay marriage), the lackluster debate performance and a lack of both policy and presence have plagued him. And that is what the Walker team itself now admits.

The Post reports:

In a conference call, one-on-one conversations and at a Tuesday lunch, the Wisconsin governor and favorite of anti-union conservatives told backers that his campaign is shifting to a more aggressive posture and will seek to tap into the anti-establishment fervor fueling the rise of Donald Trump and other outsider candidates.

During a conference call with top fundraisers Monday afternoon, Walker and his campaign manager were relatively candid in their assessment of the campaign’s shortcomings, according to notes of the conversation taken by a participant. Walker said the campaign will strive to do better in three areas: protest, passion and policy.


Unfortunately for Walker, his campaign has misdiagnosed the problem and is, in fact, making things worse. Instead of racing to catch up to Trump — making Walker appear desperate and weak — he needs to define his own position in the mainstream of the party. Now he is stuck fending off question after question about repealing birthright citizenship — a policy he embraced only because Trump talked about it. This is reminiscent of his recent struggles over gay marriage. As governor, he was content to let the courts have a final say; as a presidential candidate, he tried to hawk a constitutional amendment.

He is getting heat from donors, who express mainstream dismay over his newfound radical positions:

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Scott Walker bashing from Conservative Wash Post columnist Jennifer Rubin-"Scott Walker goes (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2015 OP
Could it be because Lifelong Protester Aug 2015 #1
The Koch Bros. are waking up and smelling the coffee, realizing that their hand-picked bullwinkle428 Aug 2015 #2
Boy, that's for sure Lifelong Protester Aug 2015 #4
they're all trying out out-trump trump.... spanone Aug 2015 #3
Walker did not have far to go to follow trumpy riversedge Aug 2015 #9
Man, that is one hell of a great pun: "Scott Walker goes Wobbly" . . . Journeyman Aug 2015 #5
LOL!, you're right. hifiguy Aug 2015 #7
Hi I'm a college dropout with the perpetual look of a man who just got hit in the head with a 2X4 DefenseLawyer Aug 2015 #6
LOL hifiguy Aug 2015 #8
Separated at birth… dhill926 Aug 2015 #10
Except Alfred has that mischievous grin DefenseLawyer Aug 2015 #11
your post is a BIG chuckle riversedge Aug 2015 #15
we need a "separated at birth?" meme pic of that 0rganism Aug 2015 #12
Alfred could wear an "I'm With Stupid" t-shirt gratuitous Aug 2015 #13
Excellent. hifiguy Aug 2015 #14
Great post thanks for it. GusBob Aug 2015 #16

Lifelong Protester

(8,421 posts)
1. Could it be because
Wed Aug 19, 2015, 01:13 PM
Aug 2015

he doesn't have two clues to rub together? He's a real dope, now everyone outside of WI can see what we have been putting up with.

bullwinkle428

(20,630 posts)
2. The Koch Bros. are waking up and smelling the coffee, realizing that their hand-picked
Wed Aug 19, 2015, 01:33 PM
Aug 2015

choice has an IQ that barely registers above room temperature.

Lifelong Protester

(8,421 posts)
4. Boy, that's for sure
Wed Aug 19, 2015, 01:43 PM
Aug 2015

They really hitched their "money star" to the wrong wagon. Good. Hope they lose a lot on him.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
7. LOL!, you're right.
Wed Aug 19, 2015, 02:04 PM
Aug 2015

Walker is dumber than the dumbest brick and has the charisma of a phone pole.

The only thing he's good at is saying "yes, sirs, how high?" when the Kochs tell him to jump.

 

DefenseLawyer

(11,101 posts)
6. Hi I'm a college dropout with the perpetual look of a man who just got hit in the head with a 2X4
Wed Aug 19, 2015, 02:03 PM
Aug 2015

Vote for me!

 

DefenseLawyer

(11,101 posts)
11. Except Alfred has that mischievous grin
Wed Aug 19, 2015, 02:13 PM
Aug 2015
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Walker looks like he's trying to count the stars circling his head

0rganism

(23,970 posts)
12. we need a "separated at birth?" meme pic of that
Wed Aug 19, 2015, 02:16 PM
Aug 2015

Scott Walker, Alfred E. Neuman - separated at birth?
would be fun to circulate

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
13. Alfred could wear an "I'm With Stupid" t-shirt
Wed Aug 19, 2015, 02:22 PM
Aug 2015

If Walker's lost favor with Jen Rubin, though, he's set himself a real uphill battle. Rubin's little mash notes for Republicans help coalesce support (don't ask me why - I think Rubin is a hack of the first water, but she gets valuable real estate in the Post).

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