250,000 Reasons Why Walker 2.0 Wants Dems Help On Jobs
Even the officially unverified jobs' number Walker released and spun a few days before the election shows he'll need all the help he can muster to get remotely close to the 250,000 new private sector jobs he pledged as the centerpiece of his 2010 campaign.
That helps explain this Journal Sentinel story and headline about bipartisanship on jobs today: Walker tells staff to focus on jobs, bipartisanship
Madison - A day after becoming the country's first governor to win a recall election, a triumphant Scott Walker told his cabinet Wednesday to put their energy into creating jobs and said he was taking steps to improve bipartisanship.But haven't I seen that thought and promise in story and headline form before - - like after last year's Senate recall elections?
"We're going to spend the remainder of this term focused like a laser beam on creating jobs," he said to the cabinet.
There it is, on August 10, 2011: Walker says he'll focus on bipartisanship, jobs
Madison - Gov. Scott Walker called for mending the jagged edges of a deeply divided state Wednesday, pledging a renewed focus on bipartisanship and jobs in the wake of Senate recall elections as he dismissed Democrats' talk of recalling him in 2012.
Walker said the results of the Senate recalls, in which his party held that house but lost two senators, vindicated his focus on jobs and the state budget but also showed that voters want their leaders to work more cooperatively.
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Supposedly they have been focused like a laser beam on jobs from day one. Why else would they have passed concealed carry, sex education bills, abortion bills, and similar job-boosting measures? Actually what they should be "focusing like a laser beam" on is just doing what a government is supposed to - taking care of the schools, infrastructure, people in need, the environment, etc. The best remedy for jobs is a recovering economy, something over which government and in particular state government has very limited control.
Yeah - just tell them to focus on jobs- yeah like those jobs in the other states you gave away?
What kind of jobs you talkin about Walker?
Hey - send that 100 mil to Milwaukee now. That's a good start or was that just a lie?
But boss man - what does that mean- focus on jobs? I thought we were doing that?
Is that code boss for right wing extremism?
The really pathetic part is Walker's strategy just might work. He spent the first 2 years pushing his agenda and he knows that Democrats won't be obstructionists so he can now focus on maybe slightly more liberal policies in order to generate jobs thus helping him win in 2014.
Ruin the state by pushing a right wing agenda, all the while lying about jobs. Then when times get tough politically with a Democratic Senate, pivot and use the Democrats to actually try to make the economy better. Then after winning in 2014, maybe getting back Republican control of legislature, pivot back to the hard right agenda.
And it really helps job creation to cut the pay of the largest workforce in the state (state workers) by 8-12%. That does wonders for small businesses, which really are "job creators."
@anon 3:09
Walker has only been in office for about 17 months, not 2 years.
Times are not politically tough with a democratic senate. It will only be that way until November of this year (not 2014) when the Repubs win back control with 19-20 seats.
Furthermore, if you believe Walker is going to push "more liberal" policies to create jobs you are sadly mistaken.
I have to agree with RD - no way Walker goes for more liberal policies. I expect he will renew his assault on public workers by whittling away at the Wisconsin Retirement system. He will also be pushing for privatization of prisons, schools, natural resources management and drinking water. Welcome to Chile circa 1970. Walker plays Pinochet.
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