“Scott Walker opens up about White House ambitions”
That’s the headline of this Politico piece.
Pul-ease. “Opens up”? As in, “Gives the usual non-committal, cover-all-bases, completely uninformative answer to a question from a reporter fishing for a story”?
…[W]hen pressed about his White House ambitions, the Wisconsin Republican said: “Would I ever be [interested]? Possibly. I guess the only thing I’d say is I’m not ruling it out.”
Big friggin yawn.
And similar yawn to this:
Perhaps even more notably, Walker wouldn’t commit to serving throughout a second four-year term. He said his focus is on substance, not longevity.
Now, I happen to be a Walker supporter, mainly because I think he’s smart and he’s a fighter and, as he indicated in the interview, he can point to good results he’s gotten in his state from following conservative principles. And although I think that, all things being equal, the 2016 Republican candidate should be a half-Hispanic half-African-American lesbian woman (just kidding there, but you know what I mean) I think a white man could win if that person was sufficiently strong, clear, “likeable” (whatever that means; I seem to not quite get the concept in politicians), and able to bring out both the conservative and the moderate vote.
And I don’t think it would take the reincarnation of Ronald Reagan to do this, either, at least theoretically. Nor am I saying Scott Walker is that person. But he could develop in that general direction, and there’s a lot that can happen between now and 2016—and some of it might even be good.
[NOTE: I guess I had a short vacay.]
I want competence and the ability to prioritize. Walker seems to meet these criteria. Now, if we could only find a way to make these traits go viral, we would be in good shape. There are some good people out there. We just have to avoid shooting them down on fringe issues.
So far Walker has been a successful governor, team him with Ted Cruz and we may have a winning ticket.
I’m beginning to think it can’t be a minority, at leaset leading the ticket, because the press wouldn’t let it happen. As horrible as White Republicans are, Minority Republicans would mean a paradigm shift that would threaten the very core foundation of modern liberalism.
” I guess I had a short vacay.]”
I am very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very disappointed in you.
Very, very, very, very.
Very.
I guess Dr. Ben Carson also made a big impression at CPAC.
Hmm…a Walker-Carson ticket in 2016?
Ann, Walker-Carson sounds good. But 2016 is light years away. I’m keeping my powder dry right now.
This is like crack, neo.. but we love it
Tea Party ticket: Cruz and Walker
Republican ticket: Chistie and Rove
The Romney campaign, hopefully, will be the first shovelful of earth on the coffin that is the Republican Establishment. We will never accept an Establishment candidate again.
If anyone could have united the Republican party, it was Romney. He brought to the Establishment integrity and to the Tea Party, well, its hard to think of that one, isn’t it?
We shouldn’t continue to lose. Romney did not understand that, and we did not understand goodness does not guarantee wisdom.
}}}Perhaps even more notably, Walker wouldn’t commit to serving throughout a second four-year term.
What, you mean the way Hillary did, when she ran for re-election?