Scott Walker drops out of the Presidential race

 I have to admit this news does not come as a surprise because he has not been able to either raise money or get his message out there but today Scott Walker became the second republican to announce he was dropping out of the Presidential race. Here is more:

During a press conference in Madison, Wisconsin, Walker delivered a short speech in which he announced that he is suspending his campaign. Walker referenced his respect for President Ronald Reagan “because he was an optimist.”

He said this presidential race and the previous GOP primary debate was “not focused on that optimistic view of America” and instead it has drifted into personal attacks.

Walker stated that Republican ideas will help make our country great again.

He decided to suspend his campaign in order to “clear the field in this race,” adding a positive conservative message and solutions need to rise to the top of the GOP field.

“I encourage other presidential candidates to do the same,” Walker said, stressing the need to limit the field in order to provide the voters an “alternative to the frontrunner,” a reference and a jab at GOP frontrunner Donald Trump.

  This is too bad because I wanted to hear more from him before I made my decision but it was all too clear he was not going to get that opportunity with Donald Trump dominating the headlines. As he alluded to; with this many candidates in the race they are splitting the vote and making it easier for someone like Donald Trump to march headlong into the nomination. If others follow his lead an alternative to Donald Trump could emerge from the pack but honestly I doubt it.

  However the most logical candidate to emerge, if it does happen, will be Jeb Bush because he is the candidate the Republican establishment wants to win the nomination. The establishment will pump money into the Bush campaign in an attempt to offset Trump’s willingness to spend his own money in order to win the nomination and this will eventually strangle out all of the other candidates.

  In my opinion neither of these candidates is acceptable albeit for different reasons but it is becoming clear to me these are our only options. If Scott Walker, who touts a conservative message and has proven he can withstand attacks from the left and win, cannot gain more than 2% in the polls and cannot get any momentum it seems highly unlikely to me that any candidate other than the two I mentioned above can either.

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