Even better, the media is noticing (yes, even here in Wisconsin!) that either Walker or his staff have been doing nothing but stepping on rakes this week. Couldn't happen to someone more deserving.
He fired a recently hired campaign aide because the head of the Iowa GOP whined about a few tweets. Well, she "resigned" will be the "official" story (full details available from Rachel Maddow- video from the show isn't available). Even the RW has a problem with that.
And as Jonah Goldberg wrote in The National Review, throwing Mair "under the bus for this, suggests not only that he’s got some problems getting ready for prime time, it also suggests he can get rolled by the Iowa GOP establishment. What happens when he gets to Washington?"
Even Erick Erickson, the outspoken editor-in-chief of the conservative website RedState.com, said that the governor had "botched" the episode and that it played into a narrative that he wasn't ready for prime time.But, as Scott Walkers long sleeved, pale blue shirt campaign costume will tell you, it's Walkers way. He panders to power. Always. Forever. Their wish is his command. While pretending to be a "strong, bold leader", he'll kiss the butt of anyone who he thinks can help him achieve his ambitions.
And lie? Of COURSE! He's skillful, pliable, bendable, will do or say whatever it takes to get his goal. Remember, this is a guy who pretends to be a moderate when campaigning for County Exec or Governor and turns hard right wing after the election is over. The "I say what I'll do and do what I say" meme is pure, unadulterated, Walker bullshit. He never reveals what he will do.
With Walker, it's government by surprise. During his 2010 campaign he promised to negotiate with state workers over their contract. AFTER the election, he busted their unions. During his 2014 campaign he said he was uninterested in banning abortions or imposing Right to Work (Mooch) on private sector workers. AFTER the election? He's already signed a Right to Mooch bill less than 2 weeks after it was introduced and now is drooling in anticipation over signing a 20 week ban on abortions.
So, yes, he's been folding like a cheap suit when faced with the demands of Iowa Republican Caucus voters. Flip-flopping like a mackerel, even his pals at PolitiFact Wisconsin, who bend over backwards to find a scintilla of even perceived truthiness where Walker is concerned, have repeatedly given out Full Flips and Pants on Fire.
Then, there was the hoo-ha Walker created with his often told fable about being the first person to touch the Reagan Bible. The Curator of the Reagan Library related that it was Walker, and not Nancy Reagan, who insisted upon holding that Bible during his visit to give a speech. A few days later, after the truth hit the fan, folks at the Reagan Bible flip flopped on their own statement to back up the Republican Primary frontrunner (I wonder how many calls from the powerful that it took to get them to throw themselves under the Walker bus?).
Don't forget, there are powerful people behind Walker. The Koch Brothers, Club for Growth, among others have already received plenty of bang for the bucks that have gotten Walker into power and kept him there. If they have to step on some "little people" and toss them under the bus, so be it. In whatever political office Walker inhabits, he's THEIR humble and obedient servant who always provides them with a massive return on their tens of millions of dollars of "investments".
