John Nichols: The GOP’s Wisconsin Envy

John Nichols: The GOP’s Wisconsin Envy

John Nichols: The GOP’s Wisconsin Envy

How Scott Walker influenced the Republican presidential race.

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What if there were a Scott Walker in the Republican presidential race? Or a Paul Ryan? The political pundit class, says John Nichols, wishes that were the case. “They want a fire-breathing, anti-union, radical-change agent. Instead they got Mitt Romney, which is about as lousy a second choice as is humanly imaginable.”

Erin Schikowski

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