Governor Walker Slams Romney Campaign

After the week Mitt Romney’s had, his campaign would be forgiven for looking forward to the weekend. His campaign has been called a “rolling calamity” and his shocking comments to high dollar donors in Boca Raton where he wrote off half of the country have been making the rounds on the Internet, into voters’ living rooms and onto swing state front pages.

The TGIF mood in Texas was tampered last Friday by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. While the Governor was down in the Lone Star State, he felt the need to air some public critiques of the Romney-Ryan campaign and its message. Governor Walker isn’t happy about how the Paul Ryan VP pick has been handled and he – along with most Americans – thinks Mitt Romney needs to actually put forward a plan if he expects to be elected President.

Mitt Romney has taken a beating this week from every direction for his disparaging comments towards 47% of Americans but instead of trying to bail Mitt out, Governor Walker piled it on high while speaking with radio host Charles Sykes:

“I thought (picking Ryan) was a signal that this guy (Romney) was getting serious, he’s getting bold, it’s not necessarily even a frustration over the way Paul Ryan’s been used but rather in the larger context. I just haven’t seen that kind of passion I know Paul has transferred over to our nominee, and I think it’s a little bit of push-back from the folks in the national campaign. But I think for him to win he’s gotta (do) that.” (Politico, 9/21/12)

Gov. Scott Walker said Friday that Mitt Romney needs to be more forceful in telling Americans what he would do to improve the economy, create jobs and solve the nation’s budget deficit. “In the end, at least in my state, what most voters need to know, more than anything else, is what are you going to do to fix things,” Walker said during an interview with The Dallas Morning News at Cowboys Stadium. “Gov. Romney needs to do more to articulate and address those issues. He needs to be bold and specific on the budget debate.” Walker said “it’s pretty clear Romney has a tough week.” The GOP nominee was criticized by Republicans and Democrats for secretly recorded remarks from a May fundraiser where he said 47 percent of the country had a victim mentality and was dependent on the government. Walker said the comments tossed Romney’s campaign off course. He also said that the lack of specifics from Romney about fixing the country’s economic problem created a vacuum. (Dallas Morning News, 9/21/12)

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