CNN national poll: Christie leads Clinton by 2….but she leads other Republicans

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I don't discount Scott Walker. By Republican standards he has taken courageous positions on Big Labor, government employees, and privatization. He does not back down, and that is what the Republicans will want. He provoked mass demonstrations and did not give in. He stuck to his principles.

Maybe that is not what Democrats want; he would be extremely polarizing. But Republicans want unions eviscerated, want government workers impoverished, want college students shown who is boss, and want sweetheart deals in privatizing public assets. They want tax cuts even if they come with mass hunger. Liberals, so far as he is concerned, can kiss some unglamorous part of his anatomy.

Paul Ryan may be more interested in a high-profile committee assignment or a cabinet post. He has never won a statewide election, and he couldn't swing Wisconsin.