Scott Walker is unbending (and unexcitable)
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Story by Michael Fletcher
Published on July 14, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/07/14/scott-walker-unbending-and-unexcitable/?tid=pm_politics_pop_b
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He tells the story without a dose of excitement or flash of charisma. Scott Walker is standing on the stage of a Denver convention center, shirt sleeves rolled up, microphone cradled in both hands. Before him is an eager audience of more than 4,000 Republican activists at the Western Conservative Summit.
In a slightly nasal, Midwestern monotone, the Wisconsin governor talks about the furor he created. He describes how 100,000 protesters descended on the State Capitol to denounce his plan to curtail collective bargaining for public employees. And he shares, in the least fiery way possible, how he forged ahead with other polarizing policies, overcoming a precipitous slide in the polls and a fevered recall effort that inspired headlines asking whether he had become “Dead Man Walker.”
The bruising fights once threatened his political career. But he survived a recall campaign and was reelected after that. By prevailing, Walker transformed his battles into his calling card. He says one supporter summed up his appeal in a tweet: “I like Walker because he wins without caving.”
At 47, Walker’s polite unwillingness to bend, his placid determination to stand his ground at all cost, both animates and complicates his presidential candidacy. Partisans love hearing about how he decimated Wisconsin unions, cut taxes, defunded Planned Parenthood and required photo identification at the voting booth - all while calmly staring down political opponents. It has helped catapult him to the first rank of Republican presidential hopefuls.........................
Above: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) in June at Sen. Joni Ernst's Roast and Ride fundraiser in Des Moines. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
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