My current political hero is Scott Walker. He got elected on conservative principles, applied those conservative principles, turned the State of Wisconsin around economically, survived a recall election after taking on the unions, and then got elected again, all in a four year span, and all in a blue State.
He did not back down, and he did what he said he would. A relentless, principled conservative in the Republican Party? Absolutely. Which is exactly why the establishment will fight tooth and nail to keep Mr. Walker down.
I believe the best Presidents are usually those with executive experience. That is why in 2007 I chose Sarah Palin as being the best candidate for the GOP running mate in 2008 (of which she became!). Governors have executive experience, making them great candidates. I am sure there are exceptions to that rule, but when you have a State governor like Scott Walker that has shown he can excel in an executive position, why would you settle for a Senator or Congress critter?
My favorite President of the 20th Century is Calvin Coolidge (even over Ronald Reagan). Reuters suggests that Walker may be the 21st Century version of Coolidge. . . and I think they are right.
Like Coolidge, Walker is a constitutionalist, and a staunch believer in the principles of limited government. As James Madison told us in Federalist 45, "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite."
The Republican sweep in the midterm election a few weeks ago gives the Republican Party the most seats in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1928. . . when Calvin Coolidge was President.
As a conservative, President Calvin Coolidge, after serving for a couple years as Vice President under President Harding, turned our nation around after faced with the threat of a recession at the end of hard left progressive Woodrow Wilson's presidency. Even more-so than Harding, Coolidge reduced federal spending, reduced tax rates, stopped the massive number of unconstitutional federally funded public works projects (infrastructure is a State responsibility), and eliminated many regulations that hindered the private sector's growth. The result? The most prosperous decade in American History, the Roaring 20s.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is very Coolidge-like. Under Coolidge, and his free-market friendly policies, innovation went hog-wild. We went from horse and buggies to automobiles, and from washboards to washing machines.
Like Governor Scott Walker, Coolidge gained notoriety by standing up to the unions, and refusing to back down, while he was governor of Massachusetts.
Coolidge’s limited-government approach fueled innovation and prosperity, just as Walker's policies have accomplished in Wisconsin. Under Coolidge, economic growth was incredible, and employment opportunities expanded.
In Wisconsin, as a result of Walker's policies, the State has gone from having a seemingly insurmountable deficit to a surplus. Walker's 2011 labor reforms enabled the State to reduce taxes, reduce spending, and encourage job growth. Meanwhile, angry that Walker was willing to stand up to the powerful unions, riotous protests emerged, costing Wisconsin $11 million to repair the damage done by union protesters at Wisconsin’s capitol building. Despite the riotous attacks by the hard left Democrats of his State, and from outside the State, Walker succeeded in making Wisconsin the poster-child for the beneficial nature of conservative policies.
In addition to gaining control of the U.S. Senate, and increasing their majority in the House of Representatives, the Republicans also now have total control of 30 state legislatures, their largest advantage since, you guessed it, when Coolidge resided in the White House.
Walker's policies were an influence on those state level electoral successes. The electorate watched, and learned, and have realized that conservative policies like Walker's work. . . well, much of the electorate has learned that. The voters deeply embedded in the teachings of the leftist religion of statism refuse to admit that the success seen in Wisconsin is the result of Governor Walker's policies.
For those that pay attention, Walker ran on conservative principles, won on conservative principles, and then showed the nation that conservative principles, once placed in action, create a more competitive business-tax climate, producing prosperity, and opportunity.
Of the State governors in the nation, Walker's resume is the brightest, with a record that is above and beyond any record of any other governor.
Is Scott Walker the Calvin Coolidge of our generation? Absolutely. But, he has to be elected President first.
Walker has shown, after being elected three times in four years in a blue State, and surviving every attack the liberal left had to offer, that winning the White House in 2016, for Scott Walker, is definitely doable.
As for those Democrats ticked off at their own party, but not sure they would want to support a conservative like Walker, Rand Paul's accusations of Obama's war in Iraq being illegal has attracted a few members of the anti-war crowd. That's good, I think. I could easily vote for a Scott Walker/Rand Paul ticket in 2016. Two constitutionalists in the White House? Wow, we have not seen such a thing since. . . the Harding/Coolidge ticket during the 1920 Election.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
What Makes Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker a good choice for 2016? - Reuters
I'm a liberal democrat. I'm voting for Rand Paul in 2016. Here is why. - Huffington Post
Red November: Sarah Palin for Vice President! - Political Pistachio (September 30, 2007)
Sarah Palin - Political Pistachio (July 28, 2007)
Sarah Palin, John McCain's pick for Vice President, a Masterful Stroke That Is No Surprise To This Blog - Political Pistachio (August 29, 2008)
Calvin Coolidge - Political Pistachio
The Federalist Papers: No. 45 Madison - Avalon Project
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