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CatholicEdHead

(9,740 posts)
Fri Mar 1, 2013, 07:16 PM Mar 2013

Walker for President in 2016?

Yep, that is what some editorial boards are asking.

http://www.sheboyganpress.com/viewart/20130301/SHE0101/130228089/Walker-enjoys-talk-2016-presidential-run

MIDDLETON — Gov. Scott Walker told Wisconsin newspaper editors and publishers Thursday that he enjoys being mentioned as a potential Republican candidate for president in 2016 because that means he's not doing a "crappy" job as governor.

Walker was asked whether he intends to run for president following his speech at the annual Wisconsin Newspaper Association/Association Press convention. His stop at the meeting came in the middle of a two-day swing Walker was making to newspaper editorial boards across the state as he pitched his two-year budget plan unveiled last week.

Walker laughed at the question about his interest in the presidency, noting that he had been asked the same thing at earlier stops at two different newspaper editorial boards. But he also didn't answer it directly.

"I spent a whole lot of time and effort in the past two years running for governor, I think I ought to spend my time focused on that for a while," Walker said.

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Walker for President in 2016? (Original Post) CatholicEdHead Mar 2013 OP
Well getting old in mke Mar 2013 #1
LoL. Democracyinkind Mar 2013 #2
It seems to me- digonswine Mar 2013 #3
I'd put Elizabeth Warren Pharaoh Mar 2013 #4
Walker is just another idiot in a long list of repub idiots old guy Mar 2013 #5
The check's in the mail. blkmusclmachine Mar 2013 #6
Scott Walker for President, BEST idea the Republicans could come up with nonoyes Mar 2013 #7
Well, Walker comes at a bargen price....... wandy Mar 2013 #8
In appearance, Walker makes Dumya look intelligent. Thor_MN Mar 2013 #9
Oh Thor, don't talk about the boy that way. Bless his heart, he can't help it................... firenewt Mar 2013 #10
That would be hysterical if he ran! NYtoBush-Drop Dead Mar 2013 #11

getting old in mke

(813 posts)
1. Well
Fri Mar 1, 2013, 07:20 PM
Mar 2013

I certainly hope we can give him that extra two years from 2014-2016 to focus exclusively on a presidential run without the pesky need to be governor...

Democracyinkind

(4,015 posts)
2. LoL.
Fri Mar 1, 2013, 07:22 PM
Mar 2013

Walker should probably check with the owners of this country. I'm sure they like him, but I think they have different people in mind (one of their own - the guy they wanted in 2000 for the first place).

digonswine

(1,485 posts)
3. It seems to me-
Fri Mar 1, 2013, 07:24 PM
Mar 2013

that his type of republican bullshit sells OK here-but not for the rest of the union. I hope, I feel we are getting beyond his bullshit arguments and excuses for poor economic growth. He is a teabagger, power-grabbing, hopeful has-been toady water-carrier that the nation could see through in a second. He is not slick enough for a national race.

 

nonoyes

(261 posts)
7. Scott Walker for President, BEST idea the Republicans could come up with
Fri Mar 1, 2013, 08:01 PM
Mar 2013

Thank you, Republicans!

I'd love to see him run against Hillary, or Biden, or Cuomo, or Schumer, or Warren, or Deval Patrick, or some other Dem from anywhere in America. I would love to see the Republican Party to go down for the third time in a row as incapable of launching a Presidential candidate that can capture the minds and hearts of Americans, this next time by 10-20% LESS THAN the last one.

wandy

(3,539 posts)
8. Well, Walker comes at a bargen price.......
Fri Mar 1, 2013, 08:20 PM
Mar 2013

Maybe just a 'trip to Cali'.
Once GOP co. gets their "Image" straightened out, given the correct "Messaging", Walker will look just great.
Hell, you've got to admit he looks a dam sight better than Romney.
They were, after all, able to sell the Romney tool to 47% of the voters.
Nice wrapping, a pretty bow and a 'Merry Third World Country' card written in Spanish.
Toss in some Jim Crow and yup, that should do it.

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
9. In appearance, Walker makes Dumya look intelligent.
Fri Mar 1, 2013, 10:01 PM
Mar 2013

I don't know if it is that his eyes are too close together or that they often appear to be crossed, but I look at him and think there's something not right with that boy...

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