He spent the last couple of days tweeting that he had some big announcement that was going to be earth-shattering. Today, he revealed his big announcement: He is going to have an all-day beg-a-thon.
Gee, a politician that wants our money. Who ever heard such a thing?
Unfortunately for Walker, his "beg news" (pun intended) wasn't the top story of the day. The big story, was, of course, Barb Lawton announcing that she was dropping out of the governor's race.
Of course, it was this news that sent Team Walker into the blind panic. This not only blows the door wide open for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to step into the race, but will put all the attention on him, including his hero status. That focus will remain on Barrett, and not Walker, until such time Barrett announces whether or not he is going to run.
And if Barrett would choose to run, he will be immediately launched in the forefront of the race. The most recent polls show Barrett beating Walker or Neumann by a comfortable margin. Not only that, but Barrett has almost as much in his political war chest without one campaign stop as Walker raised in all these months of non-stop campaigning.
Some pundits are trying to use Barrett's delay in announcing a decision as a sign that he doesn't want the job. That may even be true, for all I know. But I also know that it is keeping the spotlight on Barrett, and not on any of the Republicans.
Some pundits are also trying to say that Barrett can't run because of his talk about the MPS takeover, or his budget calling for moving firefighters around, or furloughing cops. Those moves are guaranteed to tick off some people, but I doubt it would be enough for them to be willing to take a chance on Walker and his poor track record as county executive.
Team Walker is so scared that they are already trying to tie Barrett to Doyle, but that is also a guise easily seen through.
But there is one thing that I can agree with Walker on. In his campaign's press release announcing his beg-a-thon, his campaign chairman Keith Gilkes, said this:
“The people of our state are ready to take back our government and ready to believe in Wisconsin again,” said campaign manager Keith Gilkes. “Our 11.02.09 Rally to Victory fundraising effort will show the support for Scott Walker’s commonsense message of limited government, personal freedom, and economic growth.”I think that the past eight years show pretty convincingly that Walker is all for less government, less personal freedom and less economic growth.
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Less government= more freedom, sorry to inform you of that.
ReplyDeleteBut hey, you now have a chance of a lifetime and run for governor. I think a primary between you and Jay would be very entertaining.
You are a total clown. Your side is imploding and this is all you can do for spin?
ReplyDeleteTo borrow one of the metaphor’s you are so enthralled by – you are being tea-bagged right now. Enjoy!
I just wish they were more sweaty for you.
Wow, anony, staying classy aren't you?
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, I'll leave your comment up so the world can see how classless you Walkerophiles are.
And salty...
ReplyDeleteHe's all for personal freedom, except when it comes to who you want to marry or decisions regarding your own body.
ReplyDeleteThe most recent polls show Barrett beating Walker or Neumann by a comfortable margin
ReplyDeleteYah--on the corner of Water & Wells, maybe.
scott walker is keeping his sleepy eye on the prize.
ReplyDeleteYour pathological hatred of Walker is well known; this time it seems to be blinding you to the facts.
ReplyDeleteThere's panic already, but it's not coming from Walker.
walker could,t beat up barbara lawton on any corner.it would be fun to watch though. picture this babs swingin away, skippy cryin,black hair dye runnin down his face tryin to get sykes on his cell phone ----
ReplyDeleteIf Barrett runs, he will immediately become known as Obama's hand picked man... Bring That On!
ReplyDeleteIf Mayor Barrett runs he will become the next governor...no doubts about it! He's a man of integrity. The integrity-less tactics of those supporting Walker will be just one factor of many of why he won't win. People are fed up with all the garbage/hate and they are looking for someone who takes a stand against wrongdoing...someone who has a moral compass (not to be confused with a hypocritical religious compass)...and Mayor Barrett has consistently shown us he has the moral compass we want in a governor.
ReplyDeletescott walker will have to keep his sleepy eye on tom barrett.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous...I don't know what you're talking about when you refer to Walker's "sleepy eye"...but I don't find it funny when people make fun of other people's physical/medical problems. My daughter has a problem eye...my cousin was born with eye problems...and another cousin's son was born with a lazy eye that needed medical attention...so your attempt at humor is lost on me. Too bad we aren't all perfect like you.
ReplyDeletesorry, my bad. taking shots at skippy is so much fun i can't help it.
ReplyDeleteBecause you are nothing more than a disgruntled employee ripping your “CEO” in this blog, your comments are irrelevant and should be read with that in mind. What is rather amusing is that if I did this in the private sector, I would be terminated in a heartbeat. County layoffs are looming…be careful.
ReplyDeletemc resident,milwaukee county,s ceo is a joke ,if he spent one eighth of the energy doing the job he was elected to do instead of running around the state for the last six or more years trying to get elected for a job he is dreaming about maybe we would all be better off.
ReplyDeleteReally, that’s all you got. Not sure what is so terrible about MC these days; I’m doing just fine. You must be another disgruntled county employee.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, do you feel the same about Doyle’s boondoggles around the world or are those okay? He’s got another one planned next week to Israel to promote Milwaukee area water technology.
mc resident as long as everything is going good for you thats all that matters right.as far as doyle is concerned last time i checked he's the governor.as long as you don't use the parks,courts, bus system,drive on the freeway,need a sheriff or anything else the county provides you'll be fine.
ReplyDeletemc resident,by the way your boy skippy decided all those layoffs that were needed sooo badly well nevermind.what a friggin doufus.
ReplyDeleteMC Resident-
ReplyDeleteI am truly glad that things are going well for you. But considering that many, many others aren't doing so well, and not everyone is as self-centered as you seem to be, there is a lot of work to be done while we recover from Bushonomics and Walkeronomics.
And regarding your first comment: Isn't the First Amendment a grand thing? Too bad you gave yours away for the sake of someone else's profit.