This whole GOP campaign has been surreal and if nothing else has kept all the know it all political scientists honest-who tell us that if you understand the fundamentals of a campaign it is all pretty predictable-it's mostly all about the economy which of course is not in the candidates control anyway.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/09/john-sides-explains-trump.htmls
Yet this GOP campaign has belied that. Don't get me wrong it won't shock me at all if we end u basically where the PSers tell us we will-with a Jeb vs. Hillary showdown.
But even so the Trump phenom is in many ways unprecedented and there remains real worry that he could lead to a brokered convention-which even Nate Silver has admitted is a 20% possibility.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/roundtable-is-the-republican-establishment-losing-control-of-the-party/
Scott Walker has now given up his ambitions in a very abrupt way with a clarion call for the GOP to coalesce around a Fatwa dedicated to the agenda of Anybody but Trump.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Monday he was dropping out of the 2016 GOP presidential race, and he urged other Republican candidates to do the same to stop the party's frontrunner, Donald Trump.
Walker said that the Republican presidential debate last week at the Reagan library in California reminded him that former President Ronald Reagan was an optimist, and that it also showed him the party "has drifted into personal attacks."
He said that he believed the voters wanted to be for something "and not against someone."
Making his announcement from Madison, Wisconsin, Walker said that the Republican Party needed to get back to the basics of its party — beliefs that include that a strong military leads to peace, and that it believes in the American people. He then took a thinly veiled swipe at Trump, whose campaign slogan is "Make America Great Again."
“These ideas will help us win the election next fall," Walker said. "And more importantly — these ideas will make our country great again."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/scott-walker-announcement
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/scott-walker-suspends-campaign
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/09/john-sides-explains-trump.htmls
Yet this GOP campaign has belied that. Don't get me wrong it won't shock me at all if we end u basically where the PSers tell us we will-with a Jeb vs. Hillary showdown.
But even so the Trump phenom is in many ways unprecedented and there remains real worry that he could lead to a brokered convention-which even Nate Silver has admitted is a 20% possibility.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/roundtable-is-the-republican-establishment-losing-control-of-the-party/
Scott Walker has now given up his ambitions in a very abrupt way with a clarion call for the GOP to coalesce around a Fatwa dedicated to the agenda of Anybody but Trump.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Monday he was dropping out of the 2016 GOP presidential race, and he urged other Republican candidates to do the same to stop the party's frontrunner, Donald Trump.
Walker said that the Republican presidential debate last week at the Reagan library in California reminded him that former President Ronald Reagan was an optimist, and that it also showed him the party "has drifted into personal attacks."
He said that he believed the voters wanted to be for something "and not against someone."
Making his announcement from Madison, Wisconsin, Walker said that the Republican Party needed to get back to the basics of its party — beliefs that include that a strong military leads to peace, and that it believes in the American people. He then took a thinly veiled swipe at Trump, whose campaign slogan is "Make America Great Again."
“These ideas will help us win the election next fall," Walker said. "And more importantly — these ideas will make our country great again."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/scott-walker-announcement
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/scott-walker-suspends-campaign
But isn't there something rather ironic in saying it's about being for something rather than against something and then telling the entire GOP field to focus on nothing but bringing down Trump?
Trump for his part had a great rejoinder for Walker on Twitter:
"He’s a very nice person and has a great future."
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump
Trump for his part had a great rejoinder for Walker on Twitter:
"He’s a very nice person and has a great future."
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump
Ouch! Well said by Trump. Could explicitly kind words ever pack more of a wallop? It's amazing how Nice person with a great future can cut like a lance.
Another great reaction to his abrupt demise is from the AFL-CIO:
"When Walker entered the presidential race, the AFL-CIO put out a one sentence statement: “Scott Walker is a national disgrace.” Now that Walker is out, Evan McMorris-Santoro brings us the AFL-CIO’s response:
"Scott Walker is still a disgrace, just no longer national."
"It’s a moment organized labor will relish, particularly after failing to recall Walker and failing to defeat his bid for reelection."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/09/21/happy-hour-roundup-695/
"Scott Walker is still a disgrace, just no longer national."
"It’s a moment organized labor will relish, particularly after failing to recall Walker and failing to defeat his bid for reelection."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/09/21/happy-hour-roundup-695/
Simply avoiding a President Scott Walker is no mean achievement.
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