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Originally Posted by killer_carlson

Sorry, I must be missing something here.

at 4:26 he goes through some direct (and very effective) questions from the reporter about Syria. he responds by saying that he thinks that the US should be taking a stronger approach with ISIS, and eventually says that he would not rule out American and other nation's troops on the ground to fight ISIS.

And that makes him a moron?

I can't say I disagree with him.

On the immigration question, that's one I wish the reporter had pushed for more details on. She let him off the hook. I think he had more to say but they moved on to him vs Hilary.

Again, I don't think the guy is a moron or a flake. I think what he is, is unpopular amongst the left and left leaning political types because he is (likely) currently the most successful politician when it comes to taking on unions.

The article and this report does nothing but confirm my opinon that when it comes to Walker, I think the leftists are jaded.

He'd be forgiven by the left if his ideas worked but they don't. He's unpopular because the Wisconsin economy is lousy.

Even just a glance at economic metrics in Wisconsin tells a story of stifled job growth, ballooning deficits, and a shrinking middle class.
When looking for reasons why Walker may have failed so miserably at creating jobs in Wisconsin, the obvious place to look would be his flagship job creation agency: The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC). WEDC, which Walker chaired, gave out taxpayer-funded loans to hundreds of companies in the hopes of spurring growth. But the jobs Walker promised never materialized. Instead, in an epic display of mismanagement, WEDC lost track of millions of dollars in loans, gave awards to ineligible businesses, and has generally been a poor steward of taxpayers’ money.

In terms of job growth, Wisconsin has consistently trailed the national average. In fact, Wisconsin only saw 1.5 percent private-sector job growth in 2014. Unfortunately for Wisconsinites, while this is the best job creation number Walker has seen throughout his entire time in office, it lags far behind the national growth rate of 2.6 percent.
But none of this should come as a surprise. Instead of fulfilling his promise to create jobs, Walker has chosen to prioritize attacking public workers and teachers. All this did was create a culture of polarization that has divided his state to the core.
How big a failure have Walkernomics been? Just look next door at Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton’s Minnesota, which leads Wisconsin in almost every economic indicator.

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-bl...nder-gov-scott