Early 2015/16 presidential campaign dropout and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was busy over the weekend raising money for Maryland Republicans and banking IOU's for his inevitable 2020 - - and guaranteed-to-fail - - presidential run.
The Washington Post reported that when confronted by protestors similar to those he roused by the hundreds of thousands back home when he dropped his collective bargaining ban bomb on the state shortly after his 2011 swearing-in, Walker "brushed off the demonstrators" with a rehearsed, tinny retort:
* He's in his 24th straight year of career politician salary and benefits agglomeration. That more like a death grip on the public trough, rather than a deft touch managing it.
* Likewise when it comes to state highway programs, Walker has let Wisconsin roads and bridges decay to the fourth-worst nationally while also creating a billion-dollar shortfall because of his politically-inspired over-commitment to road-building special interests and their major projects' fantasies.
* And despite GOP control of the Governor's office and state legislature, with new powers to craft policy rules and complete freedom to write budgets and tweak them further with a powerful, chief executive's line-item veto, Wisconsin and Walker have whiffed on his signature job-creating promise, remains in 33rd place nationally among the states in job creation - - a bottom-third ranking where Wisconsin has sat during Walker's time in office - - and the state ranks dead last for the second year running in business start-ups.
The Washington Post reported that when confronted by protestors similar to those he roused by the hundreds of thousands back home when he dropped his collective bargaining ban bomb on the state shortly after his 2011 swearing-in, Walker "brushed off the demonstrators" with a rehearsed, tinny retort:
“You can see why they were part of my welcoming party here today,” he said. “Obviously, that means I haven’t lost my touch — our reforms are still working.”Too bad that conned audience wasn't forewarned by media about Walker's toxic touch:
* He's in his 24th straight year of career politician salary and benefits agglomeration. That more like a death grip on the public trough, rather than a deft touch managing it.
* Likewise when it comes to state highway programs, Walker has let Wisconsin roads and bridges decay to the fourth-worst nationally while also creating a billion-dollar shortfall because of his politically-inspired over-commitment to road-building special interests and their major projects' fantasies.
* And despite GOP control of the Governor's office and state legislature, with new powers to craft policy rules and complete freedom to write budgets and tweak them further with a powerful, chief executive's line-item veto, Wisconsin and Walker have whiffed on his signature job-creating promise, remains in 33rd place nationally among the states in job creation - - a bottom-third ranking where Wisconsin has sat during Walker's time in office - - and the state ranks dead last for the second year running in business start-ups.