Scott Walker Said to Be Quitting Presidential Race

[cyberswede]

Source: New York Times

Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin has concluded he no longer has a path to the Republican presidential nomination and plans to drop out of the 2016 campaign, according to three Republicans familiar with his decision, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Mr. Walker called a news conference in Madison at 6 p.m. Eastern time.

“The short answer is money,” said a supporter of Mr. Walker’s who was briefed on the decision. “He’s made a decision not to limp into Iowa.”

Mr. Walker’s intended withdrawal is a humiliating climb down for a Republican governor once seen as all but politically invincible. He started the year at the top of the polls but has seen his position gradually deteriorate, amid the rise of Donald J. Trump’s populist campaign and repeated missteps by Mr. Walker himself.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/09/21/scott-walker-said-to-be-quitting-presidential-race/

[nichomachus]

1. Can the Koch brothers get their money back? n/t

[RufusTFirefly]

20. And, if not, will they be buying Scottie a brand new pair of cement shoes? n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. They'll have to buy themselves a new cabana boy.

Scrote just didn't work out.

[Brother Buzz]

28. I believe Walker was the Koch brothers stalking horse and on the quiet, their serious money

has always been on Jeb. Soon come, Jeb may actually stop playing rope-a-dope and start campaigning. I hear he may even start wearing Goldwater glasses à la Rick Perry.

[nichomachus]

37. If he decides

to wear "Goldwater Glasses," will be bring the Goldwater Girls out of retirement?

[erronis]

46. Yeah, but he's going to have to hitch up his britches a bit.

Maybe those Koch mafia boys can come show how it's done. Even the Prescott Bush famiglia needs some teaching.

[Brother Buzz]

47. Mitt Romney is already consulting about the do's and don't of wearing mom jeans

[roguevalley]

49. I may have to buy an apple pie in honor of the cock brothers

spectacular short sale here. (Pun in there if you can find it)

GO, WISCONSIN, GO, WISCONSIN, TODAY'S YOUR LUCKY DAY!
YOUR GOVERNOR MADE A FOOL OF HIMSELF AND HOME HE GOES TO STAY!
MOCK HIM DAILY! BOO HIM ALWAYS AND KNOW WE HAVE YOUR BACK!
GO, WISCONSIN, SWEET WISCONSIN, SLAP THE CRAP OUTA THIS HACK!

Set to the tune of my high school fight song. Sorta.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

69. Unfortunately he's here destroying WI until 2019.

There won't be much good left by then.

[markmyword]

79. Ex-Governor Walker!

Why would the Koch Brothers sink money in Walker in Wisconsin all these years? He's so dumb!

I guess like a horse race you put your money on several horses and spread your chances to win!
Well this race is OVER!

So Wisconsin, I think the Koch Brothers are threw with Scott Walker, so that's good news for you.
No more money spent on him for any kind of election!

He'll be dangling all by himself now. I doubt if the Koch's even take a phone call from Scott.
Walker who?

Goodbye and good riddance!

[still_one]

76. That is the best news, they just threw a lot of money down the drain

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Just got my NYT Breaking banner

Money problem? Guess the Kochs ditched him.

[Hortensis]

6. Yes, that's exactly what it sounds like.

[underpants]

12. Fox News confirms

Saw it on a banner - Fox News is citing Richard Dawkins as an "expert" who questions the kid's clock story

[SummerSnow]

77. This is how it happened...

Koch brothers: " Scott, we will no longer be funding your campaign."

Scott Walker:

[BumRushDaShow]

78. Wow. That looks almost like his "twin" frowner

I would say it's a Wisconsin thing but then you have the master -

[katmondoo]

3. Yeah, A very Happy Day

[riversedge]

14. WI not to happy. My guess he

will be back with a vengeance.

[a kennedy]

24. Crap, you've got this right.....back with a vengeance. eom

[Jimbo S]

71. What more can he do?

I hate to ask. Then again, they always seem to pull ideas out of nowhere.

[Hortensis]

4. Wonderful! Maybe this'll dull his shine in Wisconsin too. Never could

understand what was going with those people that they kept electing such a demonstrably incompetent extremist.

[HeartoftheMidwest]

30. Short answer on "WI voters electing/not recalling Walker:"

Gerrymandering & the "Waukesha vote tabulation magic. ***

***Involves taking voting results home on your personal laptop, and mysteriously finding enough votes overnight for your preferred candidate to win.

[yeoman6987]

54. Gerrymandering a governors race?

Now I have heard everything.

[HeartoftheMidwest]

67. Sorry.

Gerrymandering for a Republican-dominated legislature that blocks all investigations, blocks voting reform, neuters non-partisan regulatory agencies that oversee the electoral process.....in effect, the Republican legislature has run roughshod over the entire democratic process here, making election manipulating possible, and making reform impossible, for the time being.

The same shenanigans made sure both the state Supreme Court and state Atty. General were Team Repub players.

[Hortensis]

61. Oh, my.

[Jimbo S]

73. You're referring to a Supreme Court election

Besides, no wrong doing was found in that case.

[Jimbo S]

74. 1. Messaging 2. Lack of a Dem candidate

The Wisconsin Democratic party doesn't have a deep bench right now.

[ram2008]

5. LOL! What a spectacular implosion

Truly epic, I guess the Koch's must've had a strong word with him... he was supposed to be the nominee.

Another one bites the dust... Next up: Jeb!

[ion_theory]

38. The question is who are they going to throw their billion dollars at now...

My uneducated guess would be Carly, but no way these misogynists will let a female become POTUS. Will be interesting to see since they don't seem to want anything to do with Bush.

[ram2008]

48. I'd say Rubio

Ultimately I believe the ticket will be Rubio/Fiorina.

I think probably Rubio because Carly's spectacular failure at HP would be hard to defend at the top of the ticket. For a VP its a bit easier because basically you just need to show competence, be an attack dog, and bring in some different types of voters.

[tanyev]

7. From Great White Hope to Great White Dope in a little over two months.

[underpants]

8. Sprinkles

[world wide wally]

9. Aw gee, Scottie

Now give the people of Wisconsin a break too and resign your day job.

[louis-t]

10. No, dumbass, the short answer is

0% of your party want you in the race.

[Botany]

11. Guess Scotty could not rig this one like he had done for his recall vote in Wisconsin.

http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/file.php?40,file=131314,filename=stupidscottwalker.jpg

Well, I guess he can go back to he people who live him in Wisconsin.

[Botany]

16. they will go to kasich

he is a founding member of ALEC

[ion_theory]

40. I was thinking this too. However,

didn't he come out in support of government funded healthcare, or something along those lines? Maybe it was expand Medicaid or something, but I know he pissed off Tea partiers with his stance on wanting citizens to receive adequate healthcare.

[Botany]

64. 2 things

1) If Walker had 0% support I don't know how much support anybody can
get from his followers.

b) Kasich is no good guy ..... he sold the State of Ohio public employees'
retirement fund $480 million worth of junk paper from Lehman Brothers and
when he got into office he was upset that there wasn't enough money in the
Public Emplyees' retirement fund.

[Tom_Foolery]

15. Na Na, Hey Hey, Kiss Him Goodbye...

[BumRushDaShow]

31. Now I'll be singing that song the rest of the night

and didn't even have to click the link to get started.

[Tom_Foolery]

32. I know...

It popped into my head the second that I saw that Walker was dropping out, and it will be there for days.

[BumRushDaShow]

60. Wait! I just noticed your Fearless Fly avatar!

That was my boy!!!

I miss that show (as well as Milton the Monster).

[Tom_Foolery]

66. Underdog, too...

It was always one of my favorites:

[BumRushDaShow]

68. Yes!

That's a shame... am regressing.

[riversedge]

17. Real reason is he did not want to be put at the Kiddy Table.

IMHO

[restorefreedom]

18. another one bites the dust

happy dance.....



https://m.

[jpak]

19. Earth to Scotty

No one like an asshole....

[Jack Rabbit]

21. Let's play him off

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(That's the second time today I've posted this. It feels soooo gooood.)

[riversedge]

22. msnbc asking where Walker fans will go. umm.. He was at 0% last National poll..

--the last of the Asterisks!! oh, he had some die-hards but not enough to matter in polls.

[rurallib]

50. Jim Gilmore I am betting

[obnoxiousdrunk]

23. Who gets

his share of the 0% ?

[Sanity Claws]

25. Haha. Koch Brothers just squandered a whole lot of money

I hope they fixate on another loser and blow millions on him.

[ErikJ]

26. The Koch brothers must have pulled their $upport nt

[brooklynite]

29. “The short answer is money,”...and apparently a total lack of voter support

[Angry Dragon]

33. little Scotty slides down into the bowels of Hell

even the crazy republicans do not like him

[NYCButterfinger]

34. Good riddance, but beware of 2018

If Democrats can't turnout in Wisconsin in the Midterms, Walker may win reelection over Ron Kind or some other Democrat. Walker should be defeated in 2018.

[WillyT]

35. HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!!

[ion_theory]

36. I knew this man had no shot at POTUS, but suprised he is out so early. Poor Koch bros. n/t

[writer not writing]

39. Linda Ronstadt said it best

[TexasBushwhacker]

58. I was going to go with Queen

[douggg]

41. Walker was in the race?

Thought he was the water boy.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

42. Trump doesn't HAVE a "Populist" campaign....

He has a RACIST campaign.

[AllyCat]

43. And now he's going to take it out on us.

I'd like him to quit as Governor while he's at it.

[a kennedy]

52. will probably run for governor again then in four years run for POTUS again.

There are no term limits for running for governor.

[NCjack]

44. Begone, Loser! /nt

[demwing]

45. Far Freaking Out!

Walker was the only Repug I was really worried about.

Bush is a Bush
Carson is unvetted (I suspect that of any of this gang of 8, he'll implode most dramatically)
Christie is an asshole
Fiorina is a failed CEO and outsourcer
Kasich is a..who's Kasich?
Paul is a quack
Rubio has no gravitas
Trump is a racist

Any of the above could win their nomination, but not the GE

IMO, Cruz, Huckabee, Santorum, and Graham have zero chance of taking their party nomination

Walker was the only one with a track record of success, and it warms my heart to see him give up so quickly. I hope he's broke - emotionally and politically.

[a kennedy]

51. Thought these tweets from wanker's fired aide tells a lot about why wanker is out.....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/liz-mair-walker-tweets_56007171e4b08820d919d071

[PatrickforO]

53. Walker brought this on himself.

He isn't the sharpest pencil in the pack by any means, and seems to have the personality of a thumb tack. Not to mention being a horrible human being when it comes to labor policies.

[Not Sure]

55. A rebuke of Scott Walker is a victory for unions

Obviously, the war is far from won, but this is one small step toward eradication of the right to work for less.

[Thor_MN]

56. Koch Block.

Best news on a Monday I have heard in awhile.

[merrily]

57. Buh bye, union buster.

[malthaussen]

59. If this keeps up, I'll run out of crying crocodiles.

I do idly wonder who is going to emerge on top of this GOP cage match. And how badly he will be whipped in the 2016 election.

-- Mal

[DonCoquixote]

62. a victory to savor

I may hate Trump, but if he kept this pawn of the Kochs from getting into the White House, he deserves a Gold medal. And I will vote to give him a platinum metal if he manages to do the same to Jeb.

Winston Churchill hated being allies with Stalin, but he realized that the Soviets were killing lots of Nazis, so, he said "If Satan were to start invading Germany, I will have to find something nice to say about Satan."

[Bleacher Creature]

63. In the immortal words of Ace Ventura . . .

LOOO-HOOO-ZUH-HER!

[mike_c]

65. I wonder how much of the Koch brothers' money circled the toilet with him....

Ba-whooosh!

[Historic NY]

70. Looks like Koch Bros. can take a write-off on the loss...

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

75. The short answer is you're a big smelly douchebag.

Or for the women, a big dirty smelly shanker-ridden dick!

[Kennah]

80. Ian Murphy please, please, please call and punk him for the money! n/t