He was the flavor of the month in May and June, because he was going to be the guy who could bridge the gap between center right republicans and social conservatives and tea party republicans.
David Axelrod reflected on Scott Walker's initial appeal and subsequent challenges in the race.
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Unless the economy and his numbers rebound, Republicans are going to feel less willing to follow him blindly.
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There's no doubt about that. But I also want to say this. You know, all presidents sort of feed off of perceptions of the person who came before and they want to position against what people found lacking in the person that came before.
I think the darker interpretation of what we saw today is that they were setting up a pretext, he and the vice president for walking away from Ukraine and blaming Zelenskyy for it.
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