Like Reagan, Walker said, he would would stand firm and be big and bold. “We are a welcoming nation, and we have accepted a lot of refugees, and I think we will continue to do so. That’s wrong”.
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Speaking to reporters after his remarks, Walker explained. Gone were the everyman elements from his oft-repeated stump speech, like the story about how he shops at Kohl’s.
Walker led polls in Iowa as recently as early August, but he has since slid to fourth place, trailing Trump, Carson and Ted Cruz. I drafted with all the other runners, and then I waited till the last curve, and the person that was way ahead who might’ve been the person who fell behind at the corner. But it’s not just about anger, it’s about urgency.
Chris Christie declined to weigh in on exactly how many he would take, saying that he would sit down with allies to discuss. Meanwhile, Ohio Gov. John Kasich said that this was a European issue although the USA had a responsibilty to take some people in.
“We’ve had those battles in Wisconsin and we’re capable of having them in Washington”, Walker also noted.
Next week’s GOP candidates’ debate in California offers a chance for a Walker pivot, writes Craig Gilbert of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. And I’ve got to tell you – people from Washington are not the ones to fix Washington. He plans to end the nuclear agreement with Iran as well.
A political scientist says a recent gaffe by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is another sign that the GOP presidential candidate may be headed for the campaign exit.
“I know that God doesn’t call me to do a specific thing”, he said. “I’m not president today and I can’t be president today”, he said. And the super PAC that backs his candidacy, “Unintimidated PAC”, has reserved $16 million in ad time in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina for a blitz that has begun by attacking the movements of organized workers that were once hailed by Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan. Burden said the fundamentals of Walker’s campaign are sound, he just needs to get back to them.
Walker says he plans on updating his Day One agenda weekly throughout his campaign.
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Some strategists say that Walker could be helped by the fact that Trump’s supporters appear to be as unpredictable as the candidate they support, and won’t show up when it’s actually time to vote. So the governor – who famously suggested that cracking down on teachers and nurses and other union members who questioned his policies in Wisconsin had prepared him to confront the most hard global threats – is ramping up the anti-union rhetoric. Walker has tried hard to brand himself as a battle-tested victor, but he’s quickly learning what it feels like to run from behind.
