New national poll shows Scott Walker 'fading into the background' of presidential race

[riversedge]

Source: Madison.com




MARK SOMMERHAUSER [e-mail], 608-252-6122 4 hrs ago 40

A new national poll shows Gov. Scott Walker continuing his free fall in the Republican presidential race, placing eighth with 3 percent support, while outsider candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson pace the field.

The poll is the latest blow for Walker's presidential campaign. Walker, once a leading candidate in national polls and in the early presidential state of Iowa, has weathered a slew of discouraging polls after the first GOP presidential debate last month.

A Thursday news release on the release of the Monmouth University poll said it shows Walker "fading into the background" of the Republican field.

Trump, the businessman and reality TV star, leads GOP candidates with 30 percent support in the Monmouth poll.

Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, sees the biggest jump in the poll, sliding into second place with 18 percent.
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But other recent polls haven't had much better news for Walker. The Democratic firm Public Policy Polling, in a poll released earlier this week, had Walker getting 5 percent support among GOP candidates -- good for a seventh-place tie with Huckabee.

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OH, keep falling!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I hope he continues to fade

until he becomes transparent, then gets smaller and smaller and finally disappears in a little puff of smoke and a faint *pop*.

[Mass]

2. May be, but careful because of the MOE

All these new polls have MOEs that are around 5% and about 10 candidates following Trump and Carson that are grouped within 5 points. Given the number of candidates, these polls are probably very bad except for large differences. No doubt Trump and Carson are ahead. After that, who knows.

Here there are at least 6 candidates between 8 and 3, for example. Polling is useless.

[underpants]

15. Great point

[3catwoman3]

3. Fine by me.

I can't stand any of them, but some worse than others, and he is one of those.

[jtuck004]

4. Who? n/t

[rpannier]

7. Walker

This years answer to Pawlenty and/or Perry 2012

[jtuck004]

9. Sorry, all I am seeing is a faint outline of evil where he used to be. And a smell. n/t

[rpannier]

10. Just remember the name

He'll be a Jeopardy question in the future

'This former U.S. governor ran for the Republican nomination in 2016 with high hopes and crashed in epic fashion more than a year before the GE. His campaign was derided as Pawlenty-esque.'

First buzzer... Who is Christie.
Alex: No, I'm sorry. Christie was a non entity before the first debate and continued to be one long after.
Second: Who is Jeb Bush.
Alex: No, I'm sorry. Jeb, though embarrassing was closer to a Perry flame out waiting until after the new year to crash. He's more Perry-like or Hucksterbee
Third: Who is the idiot governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker

[NCjack]

26. What was that jackass's problem? He stepped on his tongue. /nt

[Ace Rothstein]

19. Except way more boring.

Walker is the definition of dull.

[NBachers]

5. Walk the plank, Scottie!

Somebody pull the lever and trip the trap door. Nobody will even notice that he's gone.

His broke-ass twin, "Work for me for free" Rick Perry, will come sliding down the poop-chute right behind him.

Rick Perry says broken clock is right once a day

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oops-rick-perry-says-broken-clock-is-right-once-a-day-2015-09-03

[tomm2thumbs]

6. That cowboy was all hat and no cattle

and apparently no one 'herd' of him either

[rpannier]

8. So sad. I feel for the guy. I really do

His collapse is so Perryesque.
No not fair. Perry did better

Scott Walker the Tom Pawlenty of 2016

[Ford_Prefect]

11. Where he belongs...under indictment.

[Person 2713]

12. Sorry : Back to Cheeseland little Koch buddy bye bye

Don't try again !
Hopefully Wisc will dump his ass too before it is completely destroyed and gutted although he has already done harm.

[tabasco]

13. Ahhhh, it's hard to believe such a brilliant mind is being sidelined.

I guess America's just not ready for a thinker like Walker.

(How did this imbecile become governor of a state?)

[underpants]

14. Really! All that charm and charisma too

[Ford_Prefect]

18. Vote count was "engineered"

(How did this imbecile become governor of a state?)

[ion_theory]

16. What worries me is where is that Koch $ going now? n/t

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[Cal33]

24. Looking for some other state governor who's for sale?

[ion_theory]

33. I believe...

Indiana, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, NC, ND, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, Washington, WV, and my home state Delaware are the gubernatorial races for 2016. Not sure about any others but DE is run by establishment corporate Dems for the most part. Although I am proud of Chris Coons making the right decision on the Iran deal.

[niyad]

17. who?

[Freelancer]

20. Hopefully, this is good riddance

After savaging his own state in order to gain plutocrat cred, let him live out the remainder of his natural life where 43% of the people can't stand him.

[flamingdem]

21. Even the pukes don't like that dipshit

[agtcovert]

22. Good

I think my IQ drops 20 points just looking at him.

[Coventina]

23. Good. I saw him as a real potential threat.

May he continue to fade.....

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

25. Good - he was easily the most dangerous of the bunch

Trump will implode long before next fall. Carson isn't ready for primetime. And Jeb is toast.

[vadermike]

27. Well

Great but we have problems on our sure too. Hillary unfortunately is fading quickly. Trump is now ahead of her. I hope Bernie or Biden can quickly put together a good team and coalition. We can't afford to lose 16!!!!!

[uriel1972]

28. Awwwww... no wall around Canada

I was so looking forward to tendering.

[riversedge]

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30. Yesterday's hot story (again): The Meltdown of Scott Walker

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The Meltdown of Scott Walker

Onetime frontrunner for Iowa primary is “finished,” most covering presidential campaign say.


By Bruce Murphy - Sep 3rd, 2015 11:47 am



Scott Walker’s Canadian Border Wall

Wow, was I wrong.

I have long argued that Scott Walker would be a formidable candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. In March, I suggested Walker’s seeming mis-steps were actually helping him, and that “the governor’s performance over the last few weeks could be used in a masters class teaching prospective candidates how to rise in the Republican presidential primary.” In April I dubbed him the “anti-Jeb” and “by far” the toughest opponent battling Jeb Bush for the Republican presidential primary.

I was met with doubters among both Democrats (of course) and Republicans saying he had no chance. And right now, their forecasts look a hell of a lot more prescient than mine.

It’s truly mind-boggling to watch how Walker the once-so-disciplined campaigner has come apart at the seams in just a few weeks.

Walker managed to offer three different positions on immigration in just seven days. In response to Donald Trump‘s push to end the 14th Amendment’s mandate that all children born in the United States are automatically granted citizenship, Walker first said he supported the idea. “Yeah, absolutely, going forward.”...............

[Release The Hounds]

31. Never underestimate this piece of shit.

I won't celebrate until this fucker officially ends his campaign.

[AngryAmish]

32. Well I was wrong.

This guy is a real threat and good riddence.

[Worried senior]

34. It made me sick

when I'd hear broadcasters saying how well he was doing and what a moderate he was.

What he did here in WI was not the least bit moderate.

People have left the state and if I could I would too.