Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was a featured guest at the 2013 CPAC meeting in Maryland. In contrast to the disarming charm of libertarian Rand Paul, or the fiery and sarcastic oratory of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Governor Walker’s limited presence and rhetoric gave limited government, individual liberty, and free enterprise the most-need press.
Refusing to temper or even address questions about a possible Presidential run in 2016, he outlined the programs and policies which Republicans, which politicians in general, should be showcasing in their states by focusing on the results of the his reforms in Wisconsin.
“People do not want to be dependent”, Walker shared with an independent media resource. Instead of just cutting people off at the knees, however, Governor Walker and his Republican caucus have devised programs and implemented which can take the poor and dispossessed from hand-outs to hands-on training, to handing them a diploma, to using their own two hands to improve their lot in life.
Despite complaints about “taker vs. maker” or “gimme vs. give” which describes the competing political divisions in our current political discourse, Walker is drawing back the focus to the people who have been harmed and limited by the current fiscal and social policies under President Obama. More importantly, however, he has articulated that in spite of harm caused by the expansion of government and state-sponsored dependency, reintegrating limited government and fiscal discipline proves that Republicans can have a head and heart and lend a hand to those in need.