WELL! So Scott Walker is the next one to withdraw from the Republican nomination race. And here I thought he would be the nominee (so did one of the Koch brothers).* The basis for this projection was that he destroyed the teacher's union in Wisconsin. Union busting really appeals to Republicans and it was Reagan's busting of the Air Controller's Union that was one of his major accomplishments among Republicans and it had a major effect.
Walker also made Wisconsin a Right to Work state that I think appeals to the Republican workers who like to have the benefits of what the unions accomplish but don't want to pay for it. This is like Reagan's "liberal" accomplishment of having Emergency Rooms accept all comers whether they could pay for it or not and left it up to the hospitals to find a way to pay for it (Ah, those that could afford it would pay for those who couldn't). But all this did not seem to cut it for Walker so he will have to be satisfied with running for a third term as Wisconsin governor.
* http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2015/03/scott-walker-for-republican.html
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