Scott Walker shocks Republican race with dropout call to gang up on Trump

[zenitzz]

Wisconsin governor, once a frontrunner, encourages 15 remaining candidates for presidential bid to ‘clear the field’ in search of Donald Trump alternative

In a shock announcement that called for a “positive, conservative alternative” to Donald Trump, the Wisconsin governor Scott Walker announced on Monday he was suspending his presidential campaign – once the leading bid for Republicans to recapture the White House.

At a news conference in Madison on Monday, a week after his debate outing failed to revive interest in establishment candidates among a crowded field dominated by Trump and outsiders, Walker called on his fellow Republicans to essentially gang up on the real-estate mogul to “clear the field”, which has now been limited to 15.

“Today, I believe that I am being called to lead by helping to clear the field in this race so that a positive conservative message can rise to the top,” Walker said. “With this in mind, I am suspending my campaign indefinitely.”

Walker encouraged other candidates to do the same, “so that voters can focus on a limited number of candidates who can offer a positive, conservative alternative to the current frontrunner.”

Walker said he admired former President Ronald Reagan “because of his eternal optimism,” but “sadly, the debate taking place in the Republican party today, is not focused on that optimistic view of America. Instead, it is focused on personal attacks.

“We need to get back to the basics of our party,” he said.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/21/scott-walker-ends-2016-presidential-campaign

[Chef Ramsay]

Yeah, he was the original front-runner a few months ago but faded away like nobody's business at this point since the race got clouded with many others. He was at Ben Carson numbers but fell flat cause he's nothing special and had a specious record on the issues. I'm not even sure if he formed a prez cmte but this is a wrap. Just like in 2012, the conservative voters have shifted away from the first perceived anti-estab guy like Walker to other pastures but Rand Paul is the true-legit candidate of that sort that the MSM won't pump or talk decent about after any debate. Now, it's just shuffling the Walker types to Trump, Fiorina and Carson. Just like the anti-establishment lineup of 2012 of Bachmann, Perry, Cain, Gingrich, Santorum, etc. anyone but the real outsider which is a Paul, Ron in that case.

[Possum577]

I don't completely understand Walker's logic. Having fewer candidates doesn't take share of polls away from Trump. It's not like Walker had some huge share of the poll that can now be redirected to Trump's largest competitor. The truth is Walker became irrelevant in this election, so he dropped out. This excuse is just a way to put a positive blanket over the reality of his 2016 Presidential bid funeral casket.

It's hilarious that Trump has so much of the poll right now. The only benefit is that he's allowing the American people to send a strong message that politicians need to quit their usual bullshit and bring more to the table - a position, a side, solutions, etc.

Meanwhile on the Democrat side....crickets.

[Lethn]

It's pretty much a given Hilary Clinton is going to win the democratic nomination no matter how much noise Bernie Sanders' supporters make, maybe he'll get VP? That's going to be a pretty terrifying combination and not in a good way.