After eight years of busting labor unions, mismanaging Wisconsin state government, and alienating some of his own former state cabinet members, it appears that Wisconsinites have finally had enough of Scott Walker's destruction of Wisconsin. It is my hope that this is the final time that I will write a blog post criticizing Walker.
Unlike the failed 2012 recall attempt against Walker and the 2014 general election, this time feels a lot different in regards to Democratic prospects of defeating Walker.
One reason why Walker is in bigger electoral trouble than in previous elections is because of the Democratic challenger who is running against Walker this year. Unlike past Democratic opponents against Walker, which included Tom Barrett and Mary Burke, Tony Evers is already well-established in Wisconsin politics as the state superintendent of public instruction, so he had an iron-clad electability argument that was one of numerous reasons why he was able to win the Democratic gubernatorial primary with a large plurality of the vote earlier this year.
Another reason why Walker is in bigger electoral trouble than in previous elections is that, unlike 2010 and 2014, which were strong years for the Republican Party nationally, 2018 is expected to be a strong year for the Democratic Party nationally. The last time the nominee of the political party that held the presidency won a gubernatorial election in Wisconsin was in the year in which I was born, 1990, when Republican George H.W. Bush was in the White House and Tommy Thompson was elected to a second term in the Wisconsin governor's office.
Yet another reason why Walker is in bigger electoral trouble than in previous elections is that some of the most prominent people who have worked in Walker's administration in Wisconsin have publicly criticized him in a major way:
Eight years of failure in Wisconsin is enough. Wisconsinites should vote for Tony Evers and other Democratic candidates on November 6.
Unlike the failed 2012 recall attempt against Walker and the 2014 general election, this time feels a lot different in regards to Democratic prospects of defeating Walker.
One reason why Walker is in bigger electoral trouble than in previous elections is because of the Democratic challenger who is running against Walker this year. Unlike past Democratic opponents against Walker, which included Tom Barrett and Mary Burke, Tony Evers is already well-established in Wisconsin politics as the state superintendent of public instruction, so he had an iron-clad electability argument that was one of numerous reasons why he was able to win the Democratic gubernatorial primary with a large plurality of the vote earlier this year.
Another reason why Walker is in bigger electoral trouble than in previous elections is that, unlike 2010 and 2014, which were strong years for the Republican Party nationally, 2018 is expected to be a strong year for the Democratic Party nationally. The last time the nominee of the political party that held the presidency won a gubernatorial election in Wisconsin was in the year in which I was born, 1990, when Republican George H.W. Bush was in the White House and Tommy Thompson was elected to a second term in the Wisconsin governor's office.
Yet another reason why Walker is in bigger electoral trouble than in previous elections is that some of the most prominent people who have worked in Walker's administration in Wisconsin have publicly criticized him in a major way:
Paul Jadin, the first CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., informed the board of the Madison Region Economic Partnership on Wednesday that he was resigning from his $208,000-a-year job. He said the resignation was necessary to avoid entangling the agency with his political activity.It is extremely rare for people who have worked for a state governor to publicly accuse their former boss of putting his/her own political ambitions above the needs of his/her state, but that is exactly what Scott Walker is facing.
On Thursday, Jadin released to the Wisconsin State Journal an open letter, co-signed by former Corrections Secretary Ed Wall and former Financial Institutions Secretary Peter Bildsten, slamming Walker and endorsing Walker’s Democratic opponent, state Superintendent Tony Evers. Both Wall and Bildsten have recorded videos for Evers’ campaign.
Another ex-Cabinet official, former Transportation Secretary Mark Gottlieb, has also come out against Walker in recent months, saying the governor hasn’t been telling the truth about road funding. Gottlieb didn’t sign the letter and hasn’t endorsed Evers.
In their letter, the three former secretaries say they joined his administration with a “fervent belief” that Walker shared their desire to improve the state. But over time, they said, “it became clear that his focus was not on meeting his obligations to the public but to advancing his own political career at a tremendous cost to taxpayers and families.”
Eight years of failure in Wisconsin is enough. Wisconsinites should vote for Tony Evers and other Democratic candidates on November 6.
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