"Scott Walker cites his labor stance" Associated Press September 08, 2015
MILFORD, N.H. — Republican presidential contender Scott Walker took a motorcycle tour of New Hampshire over the Labor Day weekend, but so far the Wisconsin governor’s record of reining in public employee labor unions has not become a key issue in the GOP race.
Walker’s two-day ride started Sunday in Milford and ended Monday evening with a house party in Amherst.
It was his seventh trip to New Hampshire this year and his fourth since he announced his candidacy.
As organized labor continues to lose membership and influence nationwide, its clout doesn’t appear to be a top priority for most Republicans.
Walker has seen his poll numbers fall as those for Republican front-runner Donald Trump have risen.
“I took on the big government union bosses, and we won,’’ Walker said in his closing statement at the Aug. 6 Republican debate.
“They tried to recall me, and we won. They targeted us again, and we won.’’
Walker was referring to his 2011 fight with public sector unions, as well as his 2012 recall and 2014 general election victories, both contests that included heavy union spending against him.
His handling of those battles has become a central theme of Walker's campaign.
Walker rode a rented Harley-Davidson through all 10 New Hampshire counties.
He highlighted his experience in taking on unions, including the threats he received and the 100,000 protesters he faced at the peak of his battle.
Walker marked the start of tour with a Friday evening tweet recounting his victory over the unions.
In response, Stephanie Bloomingdale, secretary treasurer of the AFL-CIO in Wisconsin, said, “He should be ashamed of what he has done and should not be proud to sit on that Harley-Davidson that was made by hard-working men and women.’’
Founded in Milwaukee, the motorcycle company is unionized.
In New Hampshire, union membership has continued to drop, a reflection of national trends.
Related: The Death of Labor
In 2014, just 9.9 percent of those employed there were members of unions, Bloomberg News reported, citing figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
On Tuesday, a super political action committee backing Walker is expected to start a roughly $7 million advertising campaign on his behalf in Iowa.
The most recent Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll found Walker was backed by just 8 percent of likely caucus-goers, less than half what he recorded in the last Iowa Poll in late May.
A poll released Thursday by Monmouth University showed Walker had slipped to 3 percent nationally.
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Related:
"GOP front-runner Donald Trump continued to lead the pack, with 28 percent support of likely Republican voters, up from the 21 percent he received in July. Governor John Kasich of Ohio, who received 7 percent support in July, moved to second place with 12 percent. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson took third with 11 percent, a 5-percentage-point gain. On the down slope, Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin now polls in ninth place in the Granite State, with just 4 percent of the vote. That’s down from 12 percent support in July. Former Florida governor Jeb Bush lost six points from his July numbers and now sits in fourth place with 8 percent support."
And here I thought he was going to be the nominee.
Scott Walker willing to consider wall along Canadian border
Trying to outTrump Trump!
Walker rejects notion that he’s a career politician
Those explain the dropping poll numbers.
Also see: Carson has banner month as fund-raising bid accelerates
He enters the fall well funded and rising in the polls -- because he is not a career politician!
Fitting we should end with a doctor giving birth while Walker is in labor.
