Tim Pawlenty, the Scott Walker of 20122011, couldn't have said it better himself.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, offering something of a
self-endorsement on Thursday night at Iowa's annual Polk County GOP fundraising dinner:
“We should look to our states, to our governors, to our state legislative leaders to show the pathway we take not only in our states but in our country to move forward,” the Wisconsin governor told more than 600 people in attendance at the annual Polk County GOP dinner. “Optimism, relevance, and courage I think are the three keys to success in 2014, 2016 and beyond.”
Walker has become a fashionable pick among some analysts as a 2016 frontrunner. The theory is apparently that being a mild-mannered Republican governor of a midwestern state that voted for Barack Obama is a recipe for success. Or, to put it a bit less charitably, the argument is that he's the Tim Pawlenty of 2016.