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n2doc

(47,953 posts) Thu Jul 2, 2015, 09:07 AM Jul 2015

Obama will badger Scott Walker in Wisconsin

President Barack Obama will employ some of the finest trolling tools imaginable when he heads to La Crosse, Wis. Thursday afternoon: Air Force One and a presidential limo.
After Republican Gov. Scott Walker meets him at the airport, Obama will head to the local University of Wisconsin campus and formally unveil his administration’s new overtime rule, set to raise wages for up to 5 million workers, as part of a hard-hitting speech ripping into Republicans for opposing him on issues such as equal pay for women, raising the minimum wage, workers’ rights, Medicaid expansion and taxing the wealthy.

It’s no coincidence that Obama’s going to give this kind of speech at this moment in the home state of a politician who’s become the White House’s bête noire. Republican Scott Walker is the governor the president’s aides always hold up as an example of exactly what’s wrong with politics — and he would be the Democrats’ nightmare scenario, if he were to win the presidency in 2016.
“The contrast between our approach on economic issues and the governor’s is emblematic of the contrast between the president and the Republican Party at large,” a White House aide said Wednesday, looking ahead to the speech.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/barack-obama-scott-walker-overtime-wisconsin-119670.html#ixzz3ejti7yFW

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Obama will badger Scott Walker in Wisconsin (Original Post) n2doc Jul 2015 OP

“The contrast between our approach on economic issues and the governor’s ..." Scuba Jul 2015 #1

Even I would not say Walker and Obama are similar on economic issues n2doc Jul 2015 #2

I agree that Obama is better for Americans economically than Walker would be. Scuba Jul 2015 #3

I'd have appreciated those walking shoes in late winter 2011 HereSince1628 Jul 2015 #4

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

1. “The contrast between our approach on economic issues and the governor’s ..."

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Jul 2, 2015, 09:12 AM

Jul 2015

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/04/24/tpp-proponents-close-hillary-clinton-remain-optimistic-will-support-controversial-trade-agreements/

I spoke to Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin last Saturday, who had this to say about the TPP and TTIP (emphasis added):

Well, I talked about TTIP the other day in Germany in Hanover at the industrial fair there, and I think fair and open trade is a good thing on either side of the continent for the United States, whethere it’s on the Atlantic or the Pacific. Obvious the details need to be worked out and there’s a lot of details including some specific to my state that need to be worked out. But I think in the end, having a deal that’s fair and offers fair and open trade would be a good thing for the United States and for our trading partners.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)

2. Even I would not say Walker and Obama are similar on economic issues

Reply to Scuba (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 2, 2015, 12:53 PM

Jul 2015

Yes, Obama pushed the RW dream POS of a 'free trade' scam, but for Walker, that's just the appetizer before the main course of union and teacher busting.

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

3. I agree that Obama is better for Americans economically than Walker would be.

Reply to n2doc (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 2, 2015, 02:14 PM

Jul 2015

Sadly, however, they're just at different points on the same path as directed by those who control the wealth and power.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)

4. I'd have appreciated those walking shoes in late winter 2011

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Jul 2, 2015, 02:16 PM

Jul 2015

as it is... I can't figure how this helps him, the ACA or the dems in the primary.

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