The most dangerous Republican in the country?
Scott Walker Concerns Me.
I will violate the cardinal rule of prognostication and be specific: Barring a radical change in political fortune - something Badger Democrats should feel free to deliver in the intervening years - Scott Walker will almost certainly run for President in 2016 or 2020, and he will end up either the nominee or the running mate of the nominee. And if his opponent were some mediocre flotsam like our Party is usually fond of nominating (that we got Obama in 2008 is a freaking miracle), Walker would very likely win big even in a free and fair election - not that that would move him to participate in one, let alone move the GOP frenzied by his candidacy and salivating at what it portends to allow one.
Now, I know we have plenty to worry about with the current election, but I just can't help myself - I always look beyond the immediate, and we as a Party should make a habit of doing so. If you want to imagine what a Scott Walker Presidency would be like, don't look to his Governorship except as the earliest, most undeveloped kernel: He behaves as an authoritarian thug with little more actual power at his disposal than he wields from Madison, so what does that kind of attitude look like if given control of the United States Armed Forces, the Homeland Security Department, the CIA, the NSA, foreign black sites, and so on? What kind of things would a man like that get up to if he could cloak everything he does in classified information?
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I would hope that Wisconsin Democrats and liberal activists in general would take a renewed interest in examining the details of the recall election, and start planning for the next gubernatorial election - in particular, finding a candidate capable and worthy of unseating him in a fair fight, and who has the backbone to guarantee that a fair fight actually occurs. Moreover, the national Democratic Party should pay strong attention to events in Wisconsin, and begin thinking long-term about how to reduce Walker's future viability on the national stage. I'm aware that he is supposedly still under investigation for corruption, but don't ever count on men like Walker to be held accountable: Expect that nothing will come of it beyond a PR scandal, soon forgotten and passed through unscathed on the sheer force of unmitigated gall.
Of course, there are other Republicans who could get to the White House before him - Jeb Bush, Rick Scott, etc. But even with the damage they would cause in power, none of them concern me as individual leaders. They're just sick douchebags. Scott Walker, however, is a dictator who couples fanatic right-wing ideology to an intense personal drive and administrative acumen, and the amount of damage he will inflict on this country is limited only by the scope of his powers and the scale of the offices he takes. I would hope the people of Wisconsin appreciate what kind of creature he is and plan to acquaint him with early retirement, if not a prison cell. In fact, if legally possible, recall the bastard again, and this time bring in international monitors.
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Rubio, who was "dangerous" because he's Hispanic.
Then there was Cain...oh never mind.
