Scott Walker leads GOP pack in Iowa Poll

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Presidential stage newcomer Scott Walker, the conservative reform pit bull who inspired death threats from the left, has become the one to watch in the race for the Republican nomination a year out from the Iowa caucuses.

At 15 percentage points, he leads a big, tightly packed field of potential contenders in a new Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll of likely Republican caucusgoers. The caucuses are scheduled for Feb. 1, 2016.

The Wisconsin governor is also the No. 2 most popular choice for likely caucusgoers who want an establishment candidate, and he's the No. 2 for those who want an anti-establishment candidate, the poll shows.

"He's in a sweet spot," pollster J. Ann Selzer said. "People who don't want an ultra-conservative think he's OK. People who don't want a moderate think he's OK."

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The Koch Kandidate.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. He's a lot like Tim Pawlenty.

Respectable-appearing Midwestern governor who seems kind of normal at first glance but is actually somewhere to the right of Darth Vader and is as mean as a snake. Wanker is goofier-looking than Pawlenty because one of his eyes is higher than the other, like Alfred E. Neuman.

[Poiuyt]

16. He always reminds me of Mortimer Snerd

[lunasun]

28. Yes but appealing to his base !

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Walker?

[rurallib]

6. Amazing isn't it

he is like a blank canvas that everyone is drawing their own picture on.
Ignorance is bliss.

[n2doc]

7. Sort of like a certain Texas Governor in 2000 n/t

[rurallib]

8. Indeed - very much so

[Gidney N Cloyd]

10. Fortunately Walker can't fake a college degree or military experience like W managed.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

12. Bringim on. Anyone, but Hillary, will wipe the floor with Squat Walker.

[Half-Century Man]

3. WTF? Was the convention hall warmed with car exhaust?

Of course, given the field Iowa had to select from.....Maybe they should caucus a long time law enforcement veteran, one popular with people as a child and respected by adults, McGruff the Crime Dog.

[donco]

4. He looks like the

reincarnation of Nixon to me.Gotta pass on that one.

[immoderate]

5. I'm predicting Walker will take the Republican nomination.

I think the rulers will favor him.

--imm

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. I'm not so sure.

He's not well-known outside the Midwest; he has even less charisma than Romney; and he's goofy-looking. Also, there were some very sketchy things going on with his fund-raising activities. http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/scott-walker-campaign-fundraising-108073.html

I doubt he can withstand the extreme scrutiny of a presidential campaign.

[immoderate]

14. Who knows? But who's the competition?

Remember, we're only talking Republican nominee here. All of them have some stigma. Each will have an expiration date. But the Republican side is about endurance. With the Koch money behind him, his relative anonymity, lack of indictments, and perceived ambiguity should serve him well. He will be the last one standing.

He should get whomped in the presidential contest though.

--imm

[MohRokTah]

27. Koch money Koch money Koch money.

BULLSHIT!

The Koch money only comes into play with the Super PACs.

No campaign committe incapable of raising $1 billion directly into the committee coffers is viable.

On the GOP side, that leaves a single candidate.

Jeb Bush.

No other candidate even rates second tier. Walker is at the top of the third tier.

[MohRokTah]

26. HE doesn't have the fund raising chops.

He won't even reach a quarter billion.

[MohRokTah]

17. No fucking way in hell. He simply cannot raise enough cash.

Only Bush has the network to raise the $1 billion required for the nomination.

Walker is running for Veep and is probably at the top of the list right now. Delivering Wisconsin would shore up the electoral math for the GOP when combined with Florida (Jeb's home state).

[immoderate]

20. I think he is favored by Koch, et al.

Money not a problem. I think he can beat Jeb, and Christy, because his flaws are more obscure.

--imm

[MohRokTah]

24. The Kochs CANNOT donate $1 billion to the campaign committee

Did nobody learn ANYTHING from the 2012 GOP Kandidate Klown Kar??????

Money is a HUGE problem!

Even if the Koch's could get their entire network to donate the maximum amount to the candidate of choice's campaign committee, it wouldn't even be 5% of the require $1 billion.

It requires a HUGE donor network to reach the $1 billion, and the Koch network cannot get that money directly into the hands of any single candidate.

The ONLY candidate with the donor network to raise the needed funds is Jeb Bush. No other candidate comes anywhere near close enough.

Certainly not Scott Walker. He's running for Veep.

[StevieM]

32. I think Walker is running for president. And I think the GOP will nominate him.

In their minds he is everything a governor should be.

[MohRokTah]

33. Then they will lose because thre is no way Walker can raise the cash. eom

[StevieM]

35. I don't think Walker necessarily delivers Wisconsin, as either the candidate or the running-mate.

And it is not entirely clear that Jeb Bush wins Florida.

[MohRokTah]

36. Both will factor into the GOP electoral math.

The 2016 map is incredibly blue and the GOP has to pull of two or three states in order to have a hope of winning, so these things will always factor into the choices made.

Another possibility for Veep is Kasich in Ohio.

[StevieM]

37. Again, Kasich doesn't necessarily deliver Ohio. I personally think that the nominee will be

Scott Walker, who I think will lose Wisconsin, regardless of whether or not he wins the general election.

Brian Sandoval, the governor of Nevada, is a possibility for the running-mate. He is Latino and from a swing state.

[MohRokTah]

38. Walker is incapable of raising the funds.

He doesn't have the fund raising network.

No way does he win the nomination.

[StevieM]

31. I agree that he will be the Republican nominee.

I think Hillary would beat him...if not for Citizens United. That ruling could turn out to be a game changer--as it was intended to be. It is frightening to think that we live in a country where the law of the land can allow that level of election-buying.

[Terra Alta]

11. Walker reminds me a lot of Reagan

and the last thing we need is another Reagan. We are still suffering from his policies decades after his Presidency ended.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

13. Hope Walker wins the Rethug nomination; would be the easiest to beat.

[KingCharlemagne]

19. Said many Gore suppporters (about Bush) in 1999-2000. Be very careful what you wish for. I will be

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getting my passport ready and other exit preparations made in anticipation of a Walker victory and consolidation of the 1-party state. There will be absolutely NOTHING left here for me or my wife. And Walker's the type to smile in your face while welcoming you to the concentration camps.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

25. Can't say I blame you; hate that fucker.

[YarnAddict]

34. Don't make the mistake of underestimating Walker

He won three elections in four years, in spite of the fact that the Wisconsin Dems pulled out ALL the stops to defeat him.

Nothing has stuck to him, in all these years, in spite of the fact that every effort has been made in multiple investigations.

Furthermore, the Armageddon that was predicted if he managed to push through his agenda hasn't happened. Which makes it look like his "reforms" have been successful.

Don't know if he can get the nomination, although he seems to be very popular with the RWNJ base; but if he is nominated, he can most definitely win.

[Arkana]

29. Walker's a bigger idiot than Reagan and he doesn't have

a quarter of the charisma Saint Ronnie had.

[moondust]

15. Neighboring state advantage.

Probably adds a few points especially among the politically incompetent boobs that voted for Joni Ernst.

[KingCharlemagne]

22. Good point. Iowa just elected that loon Ernst, so there's that. - nt

[2naSalit]

18. Take consolation in

remembering that Michele Bachman was in the lead there once upon a time too.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

21. So his image is of a moderate conservative who isn't moderate?

How does he do it? With mirrors? Is he in the sweet spot or in the Twilight Zone as a shape-shifting freak?

[Joe Turner]

23. Oh Great

Just what this country needs. A stupid corrupt college drop-out that hustles numbers for the Koch Klan. No sh*t about the GOP Clown Car. They can't find anyone respectable to run.

[Samantha]

30. I believe Michele Bachmann won in 2012 and no one is watching her now

She bought a whopping number of blank voting ballots and hosted a great get-together for potential voters. She drew a large crowd because of the free good she made available. People just filled out the ballots and voted for her simply because of that maneuver.

Sam

[StevieM]

39. I also think that there are a lot of idiots in the GOP who honestly believe that Michele Bachman is

everything a president should be.

[adigal]

40. Walker is a white male who some might find handsome

He hates teachers, unions and the middle class. And he's stupid.

Perfect Republican nominee.

[BlueStater]

41. What exactly is the big deal about this goofy-looking halfwit?

Despite not going red in a Presidential election since 1984, three of Wisconsin's last four governors have been Republicans. Tommy fucking Thompson was governor for 14 YEARS! Did anyone take that goofball seriously as a presidential candidate?

So Wisconsin doesn't seem to be as blue as a lot of people think which makes Walker's victories a lot less impressive in retrospect. So why all the excitement from wingnuts about this clown? I simply don't see it.