Feeling sense of 'urgency,' Walker says he'll get aggressive

[bkepley]

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and SCOTT BAUER
My Way News

Feeling a sense of "urgency" — and witnessing the surge of Donald Trump — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he's more willing to take on his own party and to draw clear distinctions between himself and the rest of the Republican presidential field.

"I think before I was trying to be respectful of other candidates," Walker told reporters after a town hall meeting Wednesday in the first primary state. "I feel a sense of urgency, (people) want to see it, they want to feel it, and so we've started to articulate that."

Walker faced criticism for lacking passion in his first GOP debate performance earlier this month. But he's begun to show more spark in Iowa and New Hampshire this week, confronting protesters at the Iowa State Fair and criticizing Republicans in Congress for failing to repeal the president's health care law as he rolled out his own replacement plan. At multiple events in New Hampshire on Wednesday he reminded crowds of his fights with Wisconsin's unions and his survival of a 2012 recall election.

More here: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20150820/us--gop_2016-walker-c734c23949.html

They say it is easy to underestimate Walker as a campaigner and that he is very tough.

[libertybele]

The next GOP debate will be on September 16.  It should prove interesting; candidates will need to step up their game plan.  Walker right now is only polling at 6% and it looks like Bush has now taken 3rd place over Cruz.

[kevindavis007]

Why is Trump more preferable to Walker is beyond me..

[libertybele]

Why is Trump more preferable to Walker is beyond me..

Why?  One simple word.  Immigration.  First off, Walker supported the McCain Kennedy amnesty bill. In 2010, he was against the AZ immigration enforcement laws, then at the very last minute supported it.   Walker then proclaimed  he doesn't want amnesty, but he doesn't want deportation either.  He also wants to grant a pathway to citizenship for immigrant workers.  In the past year, he has changed his mind yet again and all of a sudden he is opposed to amnesty.

Will the real Scott Walker please come forward?

So far illegal immigration is "the" issue.  That is what will sink Bush, Rubio, and Christie and looks like Walker as well.  This issue isn't new; the McCain-Kennedy bill, The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, the Dream Act, Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy Act, Real ID Act, Secure Fence Act, Gang of 12, Gang of 8, etc.  All of these were propositions or groups trying to push through amnesty in some form.  The Secure Fence Act was passed, though never fully implemented. 

Trump hit a raw nerve. "We the People" have been demanding secured borders and a stop to illegal immigration for quite some time and under the past two administrations illegal immigration has risen drastically. The GOPe made promises to end amnesty and instead has sided with the DEMS numerous times.

[kevindavis007]

Why?  One simple word.  Immigration.  First off, Walker supported the McCain Kennedy amnesty bill. In 2010, he was against the AZ immigration enforcement laws, then at the very last minute supported it.   Walker then proclaimed  he doesn't want amnesty, but he doesn't want deportation either.  He also wants to grant a pathway to citizenship for immigrant workers.  In the past year, he has changed his mind yet again and all of a sudden he is opposed to amnesty.

Will the real Scott Walker please come forward?

So far illegal immigration is "the" issue.  That is what will sink Bush, Rubio, and Christie and looks like Walker as well.  This issue isn't new; the McCain-Kennedy bill, The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, the Dream Act, Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy Act, Real ID Act, Secure Fence Act, Gang of 12, Gang of 8, etc.  All of these were propositions or groups trying to push through amnesty in some form.  The Secure Fence Act was passed, though never fully implemented. 

Trump hit a raw nerve. "We the People" have been demanding secured borders and a stop to illegal immigration for quite some time and under the past two administrations illegal immigration has risen drastically. The GOPe made promises to end amnesty and instead has sided with the DEMS numerous times.

So to hell with other issues, sorry there is a lot going on besides illegal immigration. Oh by the way why didn't Trump made it a big deal in 12?  Sorry but Trump is  con man and Walker has done a lot of good in Wisconsin... Much more good than Trump has ever done in his entire life!!!

[Fishrrman]

Excellent post on immigration above, libertybele...

[libertybele]

So to hell with other issues, sorry there is a lot going on besides illegal immigration. Oh by the way why didn't Trump made it a big deal in 12?  Sorry but Trump is  con man and Walker has done a lot of good in Wisconsin... Much more good than Trump has ever done in his entire life!!!

Trump didn't run in '12.  You are 100% correct that there are other issues and no I am not saying that other issues don't matter.  I have stated numerous times that there is an incredible amount of focus on the elections that are months away; meanwhile we have ISIS, Iran, Obama's overreach, Putin, China, N. Korea, economy, IRS, Benghazi, NSA, etc., that we should be worrying about.

What Walker has done for the state of Wisconsin is certainly not the focus; his soft stance on illegal immigration is. Yes there are other issues, but obviously illegal immigration is "the" issue right now along with securing our borders.  Securing our borders in a sense is addressing the threat of ISIS sneaking into our country. Eliminating illegals and deportation is in a sense addressing the issue of our crumbling economy; loss of jobs, lack of jobs, and the huge negative impact illegal immigration has inflicted upon this country.

Illegal immigration has been a hot issue for quite some time.  People are fed up.  Voters during the mid term elections rejected Obama policy and were told that if the GOPe was handed the majority in the Senate that things would change.  As Senator Ted Cruz so accurately pointed out, that change did not come about and cannot come about when you have the leader of the GOP siding with the DEMS, etc.  Trump is not part of the GOPe and that in itself is very much in his favor.  Walker's accomplishments may be many in the State of Wisconsin but those accomplishments are pale in comparison to what Perry has accomplished in Texas.  Even so, Trump has brought about a much larger accomplishment -- focusing on illegal immigration and bringing it front and center when no other candidate has been able to do so.

IF Trump can bring focus to other issues as well as he brought focus to illegal immigration he will continue to rise in the polls.

[olde north church]

Why is Trump more preferable to Walker is beyond me..

Because Walker is basically Christie with will power.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

Why?  One simple word.  Immigration.  First off, Walker supported the McCain Kennedy amnesty bill. In 2010, he was against the AZ immigration enforcement laws, then at the very last minute supported it.   

Where are you getting that information?  McCain/Kennedy was 2005.  Scott Walker was a Milwaukee County Executive until Jan 2011.  I doubt anyone asked him about it.

I doubt anyone asked him about the AZ laws until after they passed either. 

Got some evidence to back up your assertions about my Governor, or are you just channeling your inner Trump and make it up as you go?