Scott Walker doesn't have a college degree.

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I wonder how this will affect his results with middle class, rust belt, blue collar types (without degrees). It's possible they'll more closely identify with Walker because of this. The last President with no degree was Truman.

Only dumbs base their vote on that.

If it wasn't for the "cares about people like me" demo, Obama would have lost in a landslide. Whether they're dumb or not, people who base their vote on superficial personality traits or perceived similarities with a candidate are majorities in both parties.

Its how a guy who was elected to the senate like the day before, had no major accomplishments, and positions hardly different from his competitor could beat a seasoned senator with a long list of accomplishments and a political genius for a spouse. People voted for him almost exclusively because he was a) like me (black primary voters) or b) was a "cool" guy. Of course the general is going to be a little more substantive (not much), but the primaries are always a Miss America pageant, and once it gets to the GE the degree issue isn't going to matter.

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I'm not a huge Walker fan, but this fact makes me substantially more likely to support him.

Um... what?

While I don't necessarily agree, I can understand the sentiment. Walker had a choice to make, and made the right one. He's the governor of a large state, for pete's sake. I doubt whatever credits he had left would have made him any smarter or more equipped for his job. Would you guys think he'd accomplished more if he'd gotten a degree and a job as a part-time barista?

I think what is really at play here is that most people on this forum have accomplished very little in their lives, in a professional sense, compared to Walker. I'm certainly no exception. It's therefore nice to be able to hold something over him as if we're superior in some sense. Well I have a Bachelor's degree, and about half of my credits were an enormous waste of time and money. Walker is a helluva lot more qualified to be governor of Wisconsin than I am to be governor of Virginia. He has proven that by the fact that he's done it, regardless of whether or not you agree with his policies.

Would it be preferable that he had completed his degree? Sure, but he didn't and he's done ok for himself. Better than any of us have. I'd say the same thing about any other Dem senator or governor if the shoe were on the other foot.