It's all I got.
It's been a swift, steep tumble for Scott Walker—from Iowa front-runner just two short months ago when
he announced his candidacy to mucking around in
low single digits and reassuring skittish donors that he still has a path to winning. Walker always considered Iowa the key to his candidacy, but now he's putting it all on the line in the Hawkeye State—because he has no choice. The latest
CNN/ORC poll showed him polling at less than one-half of 1 percent nationally. Wow, that's a new low, Scotty. John McCormick
reports on Walker's last stand:
In an interview, Walker said he's planning to spend 10 days a month in Iowa, "maybe more." Other than "fundraising and visits to New Hampshire and South Carolina," his time will be spent in Iowa, he said.
It will be so much time, he said, that people might think he's running for governor of the state. "People are going to know us like they know their governor in this state, there's no doubt about it," he said.
Walker's swing through three Iowa counties on Sunday brought his total to 33 visited, exactly a third of the number in the state overall. He's committed to hitting all of them before the caucuses.
In the interview, Walker said his campaign is paying its bills and not deficit spending. "We're on pace to do things right," he said. "We're not going to have a 50-state strategy right now."
In fact, they've got a single-state strategy. And if the son of a preacher man can't find love in Iowa, it's all over but the crying.
1:11 PM PT: UPDATE: Walker is reportedly spent and calling it quits! http://www.nytimes.com/...