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Is Scott Walker running? 5 quick takes from Wisconsin governor's memoir
鈥淯nintimidated: A Governor鈥檚 Story and a Nation鈥檚 Challenge,鈥� the new memoir by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), is a nod to the recall election he won handily in June 2012. The victory gave Governor Walker plenty to crow about: After his controversial legislation to curb the collective bargaining power of public-sector unions, the state unemployment rate dropped to 6.7 percent, 23,000 jobs were created, and the state鈥檚 pension funds are at a surplus.
Walker鈥檚 book opens with an attack on President Obama, boosting speculation that the governor is looking to be on his party鈥檚 presidential ticket in 2016. While acknowledging that the Republican Party has suffered setbacks, he credits recent wins by GOP governors in New Jersey, Indiana, and New Mexico as evidence the party needs to offer 鈥渂ig, bold, positive reforms that are relevant to the lives鈥� of ordinary people. Among them: 鈥渋mproving education, caring for the poor, reforming government, lowering taxes, fixing entitlements, reducing dependency, and creating jobs.鈥� Sound like a candidate?
Here are five claims Walker uses in his book to make his case.
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Mitt Romney didn't resonate
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Then-GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney (r.) shakes hands with Gov. Scott Walker (l.), while Rep. Paul Ryan (c.) looks on before speaking to a crowd at Monterey Mills in Janesville, Wis., on June 18, 2012. In his memoir, Walker says that Romney failed to convey a 'positive vision for the future.'
Walker says that what doomed Mr. Romney鈥檚 2012 campaign for president was that he threw too much focus on President Obama鈥檚 alleged failures and not enough on 鈥渁 big, positive vision for the future.鈥� Walker writes that Romney failed to 鈥済et the message of Wisconsin,鈥� which he says was about keeping public-sector jobs intact, not slashing them. 鈥淎mericans want leadership. And in times of crisis, they don鈥檛 care if it is Democratic leadership or Republican leadership 鈥� they will stand with those who offer bold ideas and have the courage to take on the tough issues,鈥� he writes in his memoir.
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