Having been resoundingly Trumped,
But just who is this positive conservative Walker dreams of?
We won't learn this immediately, with Pope Francis' visit to the U.S. dominating the news cycle and the Democrats hoping to turn the Pope of
So where is Walker's positive conservative?
Could it be Sen.
Perhaps the angry Sen.
Well, it clearly isn't
Trump alone in a cavernous
"Losers! You're all a bunch of losers!!" Trump shouts, his rage echoing off the walls, Horton shaking like a reed. "Fire me? Fire you!!!!"
And in her acceptance speech,
So Walker pulled the plug on his own campaign and got out, reminding Republicans what will happen with so many candidates in the race.
"I'm being called to lead by helping to clear the field in this race so that a positive conservative messenger can rise to the top of the field," Walker said.
"I encourage other Republican presidential candidates to consider doing the same. So that the voters can focus on a limited number of candidates who can offer a positive conservative alternative to the current frontrunner," Walker said.
What dropped Walker from top-tier candidate to Rick Perryland? His mistakes. In
"I just think for me, commenting on foreign policy, or in this case economic policy, in a country where you're a visitor is not the politest," he told reporters.
Whether it was staff timidity or Walker's lack of seasoning, he's toast. Yes he's credited with rescuing
Now he's a cautionary tale, yesterday's news.
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Of course that means Trump.
So what of the future, assuming that crazy Uncle Joe Biden, the vice president who is treated with deference on the TV talk shows as if he were some kind of Joe of Assisi, doesn't get in on the Democratic side? Who is that positive conservative counterpoint to Madame What Difference At This Point Does It Make?
It can't be Dr. Ben "No Sharia" Carson, can it?
Carson blundered the other day saying he wouldn't support a Muslim for president. Now he's identified as a bigot. If Carson were a practiced candidate, he'd have noted there is no religious prohibition in the Constitution.
But he's not practiced. Liberals are outraged, worried he's part of some
If only Carson were as smooth as Hillary was then.
60 Minutes: "You said you'd take Senator Obama at his word that he's not a Muslim. You don't believe that he's a Muslim? Or implying, right?"
Oh, Hillary. As far as I know? The as-far-as I know part was deftly done.
What of Republican
Fiorina is the consummate corporatist, an insider who has been cast as some kind of "outsider." Yes, she sang a nice song to her lazy dog on the
Could
At the end of the film starring
"Exactly. That is why I agree with Ben's final wishes, and I firmly believe, gentlemen, if we want to retain the presidency, that our one and only choice is
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John Kass is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune who also hosts a radio show on WLS-AM.