The Wisconsin governor’s smarm couldn’t overcome his mental bankruptcy this time. But with a well-paid sinecure to pad his fall,he could be back in 2020The experiment in seeing if Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker could be elected president, which began with energetic music and a decorated hall packed with supporters waving signs is over after only about 70 days. Walker held its eulogy in the sort of dismal hotel assembly room you see at conventions for dental certification in a recent kind of gum gauze. The latest polls showed Walker, and who many had once thought would be one of the final two candidates vying for the nomination next winter,at 0% – a statistical nullity that some networks chose to render merely an asterisk. And Walker’s final message to his supporters (estimates suggest there were as many as 10) was a self-serving and muddled one, showing every indication that he never comprehended the Republican Party primary’s recent display-biz reality. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com