Scott Walker Will Announce

[Boxlicker101]

The GOP is apparently about to enter the big leagues:

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/scott-walker-2016-announcement-july-13-119681.html

 

[someoneyouknow]

I thought from the title of this thread Walker was going to announce he was gay and ride the wave.

 

[Sean Renaud]

Okay I fucking give up

On trying to keep count of how many goddamn Republicans are running for office. Someone inform me when this number is no longer accurate.

http://theviewspaper.net/wp-content/uploadsnew/13-going-on-30.jpeg​

 

[Boxlicker101]

On trying to keep count of how many goddamn Republicans are running for office. Someone inform me when this number is no longer accurate.

http://theviewspaper.net/wp-content/uploadsnew/13-going-on-30.jpeg​

I doubt it will reach 30, although that lower number will probably be too high by the end of the year. Walker's imminent announcement is certainly no surprise.

 

[Sean Renaud]

I doubt it will reach 30, although that lower number will probably be too high by the end of the year. Walker's imminent announcement is certainly no surprise.

Oh some of them will drop off for sure but it's 14 names and that's just the big guns. There are like 15 more that nobody gives two shits about according to that website.

1. Jeb Bush
2. Ben Carson
3. Ted Cruz
4. Scott Walker
5. Chris Christie
6. Carly Fiorina
7. Rand Paul
8. Lindsey Graham
9. Mark Huckabee
10. Bobby Jinda
11. Rick Perry
12. Marco Rubio
13. Rick Santorum
14. Donald Trump

 

[Aglaopheme]

You mean the big tent

His pissing off big money donors. That alone may be enough to screw him. Plus folks will now take a Claires look at Wisconsin which is not doing so well right about now.

Scott Walker’s Hard Right Turn in Iowa May Hurt Him Elsewhere

But the expectations created by that early prominence, as well as a growing threat from conservative firebrands like Senator Ted Cruz, have taken a toll. To protect his lead in Iowa, a state with a heavily conservative Republican electorate, Mr. Walker has taken a harder line on a number of issues than his allies had anticipated.

Now a growing number of party leaders say Mr. Walker is raising questions about his authenticity and may be jeopardizing his prospects in states where voters’ sensibilities are more moderate.


Scott Walker’s Path Highlights of the political career of Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, a potential candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.
His response to the Supreme Court’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage most emphatically demonstrated his sharp shift to the right: Mr. Walker called the court’s ruling “a grave mistake” and reiterated his call for a constitutional amendment that would allow states to ban same-sex marriage. It sent a clear message to social conservatives, and one that was noticeably not echoed by two of his leading rivals, Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush — who warned last year that Republicans would need to campaign as if they were willing to lose the nomination if they hoped to win the general election.


After Mr. Walker moved to support Iowa’s prized ethanol subsidies, abandoned his support for an immigration overhaul and spoke out against the Common Core national education standards, his pointed tone on marriage caused some Republicans to ask publicly whether he was too willing to modify his views to aid his ambitions.

“It seems like pollsters gone wild,” said Scott Reed, a longtime Republican strategist and top adviser to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, discussing Mr. Walker’s call for a constitutional amendment.

To Republicans like Mr. Reed, Mr. Walker appears increasingly willing to lose the general election to win the primary.


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Mr. Walker’s shifts on issues this year have created friction with a variety of people open to supporting him. He used to oppose what he called government mandates on the use of ethanol in gasoline, for example, but told Iowans this year that he was willing to continue one, the Renewable Fuel Standard. The reversal was not well received in the political network led by the industrialists David H. and Charles G. Koch, according to a Republican aware of the reaction who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of sensitivities over the group’s deliberations.

But his stance on marriage is what has disquieted people who had counted on Mr. Walker taking a more restrained approach to the culture wars.

For several months, according to four people briefed on the discussions who were not authorized to describe an off-the-record meeting, Republican donors who supported legalizing same-sex marriage had worked quietly to try to build bridges to Mr. Walker, whose wife has a lesbian cousin whose wedding reception Mr. Walker attended.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/07/0...wa-may-hurt-him-elsewhere.html?referrer=&_r=0

 

[Aglaopheme]

Walker just received an epic smack down.

http://m.jsonline.com/news/scott-wa...removed-or-changed-b99532073z1-311638151.html

Faced with a swift and fierce backlash, Republicans on Saturday abandoned a plan that would have gutted the state's open records law.

"After substantive discussion over the last day, we have agreed that the provisions relating to any changes in the state's open records law will be removed from the budget in its entirety. We are steadfastly committed to open and accountable government," the statement read. "The intended policy goal of these changes was to provide a reasonable solution to protect constituents' privacy and to encourage a deliberative process between elected officials and their staff in developing policy. It was never intended to inhibit transparent government in any way."

........or maybe between elected officials, their staff and donor groups that are busy breaking the law.