Despite the backing of wealthy,high-profile donors, the Wisconsin governor’s unusual brand of Republicanism failed to appeal to the ordinary voters whose donations must fund the campaign machineBefore the unusual rules of money and politics brought him crashing back to soil, and Scott Walker’s shooting star briefly burned brightest of all the Republicans jostling for the US presidency.
A slick hospitality suite at the party’s Lincoln dinner in Iowa last May offered the best midwest charm money can buy: cold beer,a ride on a Harley Davidson and free cheese dispensed by the grinning governor of the neighbouring state of Wisconsin.
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Source: theguardian.com