Walker Ready For Prime Time?

Posted by | February 3, 2015 07:30 | Filed under: Contributors Politics Stuart Shapiro Top Stories

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The 2012 presidential race featured one GOP contender after another seizing the spotlight and then melting under its glare (Herman Cain anyone?).  Will 2016 be a rerun?  First up, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker on ABC’s This Week:

While Scott Walker made the case Sunday morning for the importance of putting these new, big and bold ideas on display for the 2016 election, he made an even more compelling case for why he is not the man capable of doing so. . .

Walker suggested he doesn’t want boots on the ground in the Middle East but he may want boots on the ground later. He wants an aggressive strategy but couldn’t bring himself to say that the current administration’s 2000 air strikes are something less than aggressive.

And then, in a truly bold and daring proposal, Walker suggested that he wouldn’t rule anything out when it comes to dealing with ISIS.

Whew…my mind is reeling with all these fresh, new non-ideas that we’ve all been treated to for so many years.

Back to the drawing board.

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Copyright 2015 Liberaland
By: Stuart Shapiro

Stuart is a professor and the Director of the Public Policy
program at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers
University. He teaches economics and cost-benefit analysis and studies
regulation in the United States at both the federal and state levels.
Prior to coming to Rutgers, Stuart worked for five years at the Office
of Management and Budget in Washington under Presidents Clinton and
George W. Bush.

6 responses to Walker Ready For Prime Time?

  1. Carla Akins February 3rd, 2015 at 09:52

    He’s not ready to fight his way our of a paper bag.

  2. Carla Akins February 3rd, 2015 at 10:52

    He’s not ready to fight his way our of a paper bag.

  3. Dwendt44 February 3rd, 2015 at 12:30

    Is this country, despite efforts by conservatives to make it so, is such a bad way that it’s ready for Walker is the question?

  4. Dwendt44 February 3rd, 2015 at 13:30

    Is this country, despite efforts by conservatives to make it so, is such a bad way that it’s ready for Walker is the question?

  5. Kick Frenzy February 3rd, 2015 at 21:30

    From what I understand, he’s one of a few people that the Kochs are backing, so… he could further than common sense would dictate.
    Kind of like his survival as Governor thanks to millions of out-of-state dollars.
    (And significant cheating.)

  6. Kick Frenzy February 3rd, 2015 at 22:30

    From what I understand, he’s one of a few people that the Kochs are backing, so… he could further than common sense would dictate.
    Kind of like his survival as Governor thanks to millions of out-of-state dollars.
    (And significant cheating.)

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