Scott walker and liz mair biography
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How Scott Walker's Hubris Killed His Campaign
Politics
Hailed as an early frontrunner, the Wisconsin governor grew overconfident, then couldn’t hang on when the going got tough.
By Molly Ball
Every failed presidential campaign is a how-the-mighty-have-fallen story: a politician once strong or deluded enough to think he could lead the nation, humbled by the reality of the electorate’s indifference.
But Scott Walker’s fall was especially precipitous.
The Wisconsin governor’s campaign lasted just 70 days. He came in as the Iowa frontrunner and departed a few weeks later as an asterisk, with too little support even to be assigned a number in the last national poll.
How does that happen?
Scott walker and liz mair biography
How does a politician make such a strong impression out of the gate, then disenchant virtually every person who once told a pollster he should be the next president? Walker didn’t make one giant, disqualifying gaffe. Instead, he made a series of small mistakes—tactical, strate