Scott Walker’s Electoral Record Is Just As Impressive As It Looks

Expect Republican Gov. Scott Walker, if he runs for president in 2016, to repeatedly tout the fact that he won election three times in four years in Wisconsin, a purple state. But is Walker’s feat really all that impressive? … Some conservatives have argued, however, that merely looking at Walker’s […] Read more »

Scott Walker’s Electoral Record Is Less Impressive Than It Looks

Gov. Scott Walker is the rare favorite of conservatives who emphasize electability. He won three contests in four years in Wisconsin, which hasn’t voted for the Republican candidate in a presidential election since 1984. He did so without compromising on the Republican Party’s core principles; instead, he prevailed in a […] Read more »

In Early Polling, Walker Stands Apart

Can Scott Walker keep his balance? That’s quickly become one of the most consequential early questions as the 2016 Republican presidential race begins to take shape at gatherings like the closely-watched Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington on Thursday and Friday. Like other polls of early sentiment among Republican voters, […] Read more »

Walker’s sudden jump to top-tier contender means exposure comes with an exaggerated impact

The rapid rise of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as a top-tier contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 is one of the more surprising stories of the opening months of this year. Whether he was prepared for this sudden emergence is an open question. CONT. Dan Balz, Washington Post Read more »

The States That Will Pick the President: The Rust Belt

With Democrats consistently strong along the East Coast and West Coast, Republicans dominant in the South and much of the Great Plains, the two parties now often fight most fiercely over a band of burly states that run west from Pennsylvania into Ohio, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and then Iowa. … […] Read more »