Brad Zaun, who endorsed Walker earlier this year. “After a great deal of prayer during the last week, it is clear that it is God’s will for me to step out of the race”. “It’s unfortunate”. Since the second-term Wisconsin governor was purported to be the human being who might satisfy both wings of the Republican Party bash still stopped up pleasing neither.
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Former Nevada Gov. Bob List, who until Monday was the campaign chairman for Walker in Nevada, hadn’t made a decision on whom to back, but he has spoken to Rubio, Bush, Kasich and Ted Cruz.
“Once Donald Trump got in, and he was so different from everyone else, it was easy for him to get attention, which I think really made a challenge for Walker and Rick Perry and other people like that”, Wagner said.
That’s selfless Scott Walker, “leading” by dropping out, sacrificing his half-percent of support and offering to throw it to another candidate just to save his party. But the 47-year-old governor quickly struggled on the campaign trail despite a strong conservative record and a warm personal story as a Harley motorcycle aficionado.
Walker’s fall was dramatic and swift. “You have the hourglass of sand and at the end of the day, there’s only one seat”.
He took days to clarify whether he supported ending birthright citizenship and he initially showed interest in building a wall between the USA and Canada, only to later laugh it off as ridiculous. Those reversals were particularly damaging to his outsider image as non-politicians like Trump, Carson and Carly Fiorina climbed the polls.
While only Texas Sen. While Iowa and its kickoff caucus gave Walker the best chance to grab an early victory, his campaign built a wide network of staff and consultants in states that don’t vote until well into March.
An uneven debate performance Wednesday did nothing to soothe the nerves of nervous donors, and there were rumors a campaign shake-up was near.
“I’m smart enough to know there could be big changes”, media mogul Stanley Hubbard, the donor, told The Post on Monday before news of Walker’s decision to drop out became public.
Trump attacked Walker during Wednesday’s second Republican debate over his policies in tackling the state’s budget. Todd Ricketts, the campaign’s finance chair, was scheduled to host a fundraiser for Walker in New York on Thursday.
Walker, one of the most divisive political figures in Wisconsin history, will have some work to do repairing his relationship with voters in his home state.
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Walker’s approval rating has plummeted, falling to almost zero in a CNN poll published Sunday. “I’ve always been impressed with his character, his intelligence and his knowledge of how it all works”, he said. Mr. Walker urged other Republicans to drop out so the party could concentrate its resources on denying Mr. Trump the nomination.
