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Originally Posted by larrymcg421
I always thought Walker was cruising on the electability angle. He won three elections in a blue state despite a very strong push from the left to defeat him.
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Is Wisconsin that blue a state? I get the sense that Obama drove strong minority turnout in Milwaukee/Madison to large margins, but it was a toss-up state the prior 2 elections, with another Republican governor (Tommy Thompson) for 4 terms before 2003.
No question that the only two things I ever heard the national media associate with him were his strong anti-Teachers union views and the college dropout furor. Granted I wasn't paying attention back in February, but since the summer Kasich has been always the "electable" swing-state governor in my mind so I'm shocked Walker's support held on so long past his entrance and even had that spike in August.