Right wing celebrity Gov. Scott Walker's star power appears to be on the wane in recent weeks, as evidenced by his warm-up act role on Governors' night at the Republican National Convention.
One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross commented, "Walker's fall looks a lot like the superstar arena rock band of yesteryear now consigned to the county fair circuit."
What accounts for the precipitous decline in fortunes of a governor who just a month ago was giving Mitt Romney advice on how to run his race on national television? According to Ross, Gov. Walker's record offers to the best explanation.
He cited Walker's:
Involvement in an ongoing political scandal and secret John Doe criminal investigation. The criminal probe has resulted in felony charges against top aides and close associates from his time as Milwaukee County Executive, and now seems to have expanded to include his top gubernatorial staff. Walker is the first governor in Wisconsin history to have created a legal defense fund and has retained a team of high profile criminal defense attorneys from Milwaukee and Chicago.
Abysmal record on job creation. The Bureau of Labor Statistic has reported consistent job loss under the Walker administration, bucking the national trend of modest overall job gains. Even using the most optimistic job number calculations produced by the Walker administration itself, his policies of tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations and cuts to education and health care have left Wisconsin among the very worst states for job creation.
Trail of bitter partisan division. Despite surviving a recall election, largely on the strength of overwhelmingly financial advantage, Walker has left the state bitterly divided. As the Republican presidential nominee seeks to moderate his image and appeal to swing voters, Gov. Walker's divide and conquer politics strike a sour note.
"Gov. Scott Walker's scandal plagued administration has divided Wisconsin as never before and his slavish devotion to tax breaks for the wealthy and service to corporate special interests has resulted in one of the worst records of job creation in the nation," said Ross.
He concluded, "Republican's want to put their best foot forward at their convention in prime time. Scott Walker is most certainly not it."
Democrats will be proud but must refrain from raining on our parade as we too are proud of our people you listed.
Precipidous decline? Riiiiight! Walker was asked to trim his speach from 8 minutes to 6 minutes to help deal with the logjam from cancelling Monday due to the hurricane. Good guy that he is, he is disciplined enough to help out and not hog the spotlight. His light has never shined brighter.
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/167755985.html
This classic Rules for Radical #5: RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.”
The state is more friendly to market solutions or private sector jobs now, but has a long way to go. High taxes are tyranny and Wisconsin has some of the highest in the nation. I look forward to lower taxes. I avoid the malicious posters who want to do harm with those media matters spam and cooked reports. They are like robots who do not talk among themselves but attack conservatives. .
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/167561655.html
Not one of them list any of Barack Hussein Obama's accomplishment's because there are none!
PS. Time for you to get a real job?
1) They will be intermingled with ads portraying the Romney success story. 2) they will be based on facts: over 8% unemployment (closer to 15% when count people that have left) $6 TRILLION in new debt 27% increase in spending under Barack Hussein Obama's watch First downgrade in US credit rating in history Thousands of homes still underwater There's alot more. But notice they all attack Barack Hussein Obama's policies and their results.
Democrats need accept election relurns and stop trying to overturn them with baseless recalls. Wis Recalls are a spoiled brat terror tactic. .
That topic has an intellectual component to it and might inform readers as to the status of recall politics.
A sadder more pathetic man I've never seen.
WHAT AN IDIOT! If you are going to write under a guise, then change your name idiot. I guess we can all see just how much of a dim bulb Scott Ross really is. Goes with his haircut I guess.
My only question is if the country could handle a two Wisconsin ticket? Ryan/Walker 2024?
There are legal barriers to having a ticket of Pres and VP from the same state. No Ryan -Walker ticket is probable.