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riversedge

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Tue Sep 22, 2015, 08:47 AM Sep 2015

Former Scott Walker aide unloads on campaign in Twitter storm:

At the end of the twitter thingy--note that she left the door open--not burn the bridge.




CNN ‏@CNN 11h11 hours ago

Former Scott Walker aide unloads on campaign in Twitter storm: http://cnn.it/1Krw4Uo via @CNNPolitics pic.twitter.com/qcIgpy1YLa

Ex-Scott Walker aide unloads on campaign in Twitter storm
Eric Bradner

By Eric Bradner, CNN

Updated 7:14 PM ET, Mon September 21, 2015 | Video Source: CNN

Scott Walker: I am suspending my campaign
Story highlights

Ex-Scott Walker aide Liz Mair unloaded on his presidential campaign's faults on Twitter Monday
Mair was pushed out of Walker's campaign for her criticism of Iowa's importance in the nominating process

Washington (CNN)A former Scott Walker aide offered her take on what went wrong with his campaign, minutes after it was reported that he was dropping out of the 2016 Republican race.

Liz Mair is a digital media strategist who was forced out of Walker's campaign the day after it announced her hiring because of her tweets blasting Iowa's role in the nominating process. On Monday, she offered a long list of Walker's mistakes via Twitter.

Among those listed in her series of tweets: "Misunderstanding the GOP base, its priorities and stances. Pandering. Flip-flopping. Hiring staff who did not know him well and did not understand his record or his reputation across all segments in Wisconsin. Allowing certain staff (ahem) to marginalize and cut off people in Walker's orbit who had got him to the governorship and kept him there."

She also faulted him for not "training himself out of tics" like his tendency to answer "yes" to questions -- which led to him appearing to reverse positions on issues like birthright citizenship.

Another mistake was "becoming so invested in winning, no matter what it took, that he lost sight of his real identity as a political leader."

Liz Mair
‏@LizMair

Becoming so invested in winning, no matter what it took, that he lost sight of his real identity as a political leader.




And "treating Iowa as locked down."

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Former Scott Walker aide unloads on campaign in Twitter storm: (Original Post) riversedge Sep 2015 OP
She's pretty accurate but she missed the important one: Scott Walker is a horse's ass. Just saying. marble falls Sep 2015 #1
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