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« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2015, 11:54:12 AM » |
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Walker strikes me as someone who might work well as a more local candidate but not nationally. He can probably give better answers if asked about the state budget or something, but that's not what wins Presidential elections.
I remember one of his ads I saw a lot in late 2014 (remember the Twin Cities market expands into Wisconsin) which was pretty good, it was quite simple, just him looking at the camera and talking about the economic growth in Wisconsin during his Governorship. "Our unemployment rate has dropped from X% to only Y%! We've created XXX,XXX new jobs! And Wisconsin has now moved up and is one of the top 4 Midwestern states for lowest unemployment. Not last, in the top 4!"
Of course the ad is quite misleading, EVERYWHERE had economic growth during that period, and if you look at the list that appeared on the screen when he bragged about Wisconsin being "top 4" you'd see that it was just comparing Wisconsin amongst a list of 10 states. So basically Wisconsin ranked 4 out of 10, OK not exactly a terrible place to be but not something one would usually brag about as an amazing success story. But the ad's style I think worked well. Wish I could find the ad but all searching for him now brings up the Presidential campaign instead of his 2014 campaign so it'll take awhile.
But that sort of advertising and policy wonk attitude doesn't cut it amongst an electorate where Donald Trump is leading.
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