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I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me...

Michchamp

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...national political support?
Five other candidates received less than one-half of 1 percentage point support: former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former New York Gov. George Pataki and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
Walker's collapse is especially stark.
Celebrated by conservatives -- in the party's base and its donor class alike -- for his union-busting efforts in Wisconsin, Walker at one point led the field in the key early voting state of Iowa.
His support had already dropped to 5% in a CNN/ORC poll in early September, but the bottom appears to have fallen out completely since then -- with a second flat debate performance coming after criticism of his disparate answers on issues like birthright citizenship.
LOL, what a putz.
 
Predictably the Cock Brothers' errand boy has dropped out.

No sense of irony in this statement:
"Today I believe 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 of the field," Walker said in Madison, Wisconsin.
Called to lead? By who? The less than 1% of Republitard voters who supported yoU? LOL. Who writes this garbage? More:
Gary Marx, who coordinated Walker's outreach to conservative movement groups, said on Monday that it had been hard to generate enthusiasm from the start.

"The 'conservative governor who is a fighter with results' wasn't the right message for these times," Marx said. "It has not been resonating at all this year, across the board and throughout this process."
Fighter!?! he was an errand boy. You could pull any willing jackass off the street to do what he did in WI. that wasn't leadership. taking money from rich schlubs to do their bidding isn't leadership.

Where does the money go now?
Walker can bequeath few supporters to other candidates, but he has something of great value: a national network of major contributors who had flocked to him during his battles against labor unions in Wisconsin and who helped his super PAC raise $20 million in just two months this summer. Other teams were already at work to woo those contributors as Walker bowed out.
I'm guessing most of it goes to Fiorina now. Her record of killing jobs and ruining shareholder value at HP might hurt her with middle & lower class voters, but not the sort of people that write seven-figure checks. I don't think it's late enough in the game for the big money donors in the GOP to hold their nose and try to find common ground with Trump.
 
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