Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker suggested Monday that it’s nice for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to come campaign for him, but what Walker really needs is money.
Walker, said on Monday according to Politico, said Christie, as the head of the Republican Governors Association “is coming because he asked if he could come and we weren’t going to say no.”
“But we’re not looking for surrogates. The people have been campaigning with me are by and large from Wisconsin,” Walker continued.
Walker, instead, stressed that national Republicans could actually help him by giving him a boost in TV spending. Walker said that the help he’s gotten from out-of-state allies have been dwarfed by the money supporters of Democrat Mary Burke have spent to help her beat Walker.
“I’m hopeful that, just as they have in the past, at least some of the national governors associations have come in and helped,” Walker said. “We can’t coordinate [spending with outside groups] in this state, so we have to see it once it’s up on the air. But they did in 2010 and 2012 and I’m hopeful — I believe they will again this time.”
It’s a comment that, as Politico noted, seems to reinforce a report in The Weekly Standard which said that “influential Wisconsin Republicans” were holding back from doing what was necessary to really help Walker. Walker and Christie, it should be noted, have both been floated as top tier 2016 presidential candidates.
The Republican Governors Association is expected to spend $8 million to help Walker this time, more than the $5.2 million it spent on Walker’s first gubernatorial campaign but less than the $9 million it shelled out to defend him from a recall campaign.
The TPM Polltracker finds Burke with a 0.1 point lead over Walker.
What happened walleyed walker…the kock up bros quit writting you checks?
You screwed the State, education, and the people and now want them to fund you drop-out!
Perhaps Walker should remember to cover his teeth when sucking Koch.
They look like Pinto and Dorfmann from Animal House
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OMG, that is soooo perfect!
“Walker said that the help he’s gotten from out-of-state allies have been dwarfed by the money supporters of Democrat Mary Burke have spent to help her beat Walker.”
Oh come on now snotty Scotty, we all know that your Koch handlers have poured copious amounts of cash into your campaign, but of course they do have that luxury of pouring all of that money in from various different groups, while their names remain hidden, so you can continue to lie about the amount you are getting from sources outside of your state.
FYI not too bright one, Christie would be more than happy to see you go down, as he would like to see any hopes you have of running against him in the 2016 primaries destroyed. This is the reason why the Kochfascists are so worried right now, that their hoped for puppet in 2016 loses his bid for reelection in 2014.