One more reason to get on the Wisconsin Governor's presidential bandwagon:
I don't think much either way of the "2016 GOP nominee has to be an outsider" assertion, and I'm sure most Tea Partiers would be astounded and offended to hear Ted Cruz or Rand Paul (Is Marco Rubio still in this conversation?) described as "Washington insiders". But Governor Walker is spot on about the need to nominate a governor, better yet a two-term governor, and better still a two-term conservative governor with a track record of conservative accomplishments, especially in the teeth of rabid Democrat resistance. And it just so happens that, provided he is re-elected next year, Scott Walker would meet all those criteria.
Jim Geraghty elaborates:
If Walker ran, he might be one of the strongest hybrid or consensus Republican candidates in the field. Tea-partiers should love him, as he may be one of the most spectacularly effective budget-cutters in the country, successfully changing the collective bargaining process for most public employees in Wisconsin....
The "establishment" should like Walker because he has a lot of experience in government; actually accomplished big, serious, consequential reforms; and he's blunt but not prone to fire-breathing statements. He said that while he isn't aiming to give advice to Republicans in Congress, he thinks the party should try to avoid another government shutdown. The party's wealthy donors love him.
Yes, the Tea Party should love Scott Walker - unless they've become so inured to Ted Cruz-like bravado that winning elections and resurrecting the American Constitutional Republic have taken a back seat on their priority list to "fire-breathing" for its own sake. Take my advice, TPers: If the means of rolling back Obamunism comes in an even-keeled, plain-spoken package, buy it! You don't want to wind up with Chris Christie as the Republican standard-bearer, do you?
The Dems certainly recognize the danger:
Americans learned in the IRS political targeting scandal that government enforcement power can be used to stifle political speech. Something similar may be unfolding in Wisconsin, where a special prosecutor is targeting conservative groups that participated in the battle over Governor Scott Walker's union reforms.
In recent weeks, special prosecutor Francis Schmitz has hit dozens of conservative groups with subpoenas demanding documents related to the 2011 and 2012 campaigns to recall Governor Walker and state legislative leaders.
Copies of two subpoenas we've seen demand "all memoranda, email . . . correspondence, and communications" both internally and between the subpoena target and some 29 conservative groups, including Wisconsin and national nonprofits, political vendors and party committees. The groups include the League of American Voters, Wisconsin Family Action, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, Americans for Prosperity—Wisconsin, American Crossroads, the Republican Governors Association, Friends of Scott Walker and the Republican Party of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker
Associated Press
One subpoena also demands "all records of income received, including fundraising information and the identity of persons contributing to the corporation." In other words, tell us who your donors are.
Now of course, the primary aim of Francis Schmitz is to help put the Wisconsin governorship back in the "blue" column. But you can't convince me that he doesn't have an eye on the presidential implications of Governor Walker's re-election.
Remember, my Tea Party friends: Unity is the key. If the country is to be resurrected, the GOP must be unified. If you don't want a "RINO" like Chris Christie leading the charge, you have to unify behind a non-"RINO" alternative. And Scott Walker, in my estimation, is our best bet.
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