President Scott Walker?

lol.  Don't mistake silence as a "NO".  Post-Election burn-out, perhaps.

At first I read your reply as "don't mistake science" instead of silence....then I started thinking about this board in terms of science.....my head nearly exploded.

lol   

Honestly, I don't know a lot about the guy other than the success you mentioned above.

I know there are the "media favorites" such as Cruz, Bush, and Paul who are thought to be the front runners but it wouldn't surprise me in the least to see somebody like Walker or some other yet to be named candidate shoot to the top in the primaries.

Honestly I would love to see two fresh faces (without Bush/Clinton names) with fresh ideas on both sides of the ticket for us to choose from.

This would be great. 

While I am not the biggest fan of Scott Walker, I do have to admit he has made a few good decisions.  I know he would never get my vote because of his cuts to public education and the University system (I am a University employee - Looking out for self interest I know, but who isn't).  His tax cuts that he touts are laughable.  I am taking home an extra $26 a month.  With the cuts to education it is not worth it in my opinion. 

I am more with him on his stance with public benefits.  I have seen to many people in my area abuse these benefits and they need reform.

However I am pretty much against him on all social issues, including some important ones to me.  He also supports expanding the voucher program.

Overall I would have to say no to Scott Walker as President. 

But like tuwood said I want to see fresh faces, I am not looking forward to seeing someone like Hillary Clinton on the side of the dems.  It's just the same old crap.  We need some real young talent, not afraid to cross party lines also not afraid to stand their ground.  I know I'm dreaming, but hey who knows.

Not specifically defending Walker, but I think it's near impossible for any candidate to not create some kind of division because there are a ton of single issue voters on both sides of many different issues.  So essentially the candidate is either with them or against them, and the ones who abstain from that single issue completely are hated by both sides.

I was talking to my 20 year old son over the weekend and he was mentioning how stupid it was that we have a bunch of 70 year olds who are only going to live another 10 years at best creating all the laws that people who have 50+ years to live have to follow.  He said of course they're going to do stupid things and spend all our money, because they're checking out soon.  I looked at him at first thinking it was a stupid point, but then I began to realize he might be onto something.  lol

There are certainly a lot of "older" people in politics, but it does seem as though more and more people are getting involved at a younger age.  Perhaps they do have a little more skin in the game and will care a little more.  One thing is for sure, they have a completely different perspective than the old dudes.

On a somewhat related note, did you guys see this in the news last week.  I thought it was awesome!http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/west-virginia-teen-18-elected-state-legislature-article-1.2001257