Scott Walker Pitches Himself as Ordinary Man Ready to Do Something Extraordinary
One thing is screwing up the message: Regular guys don't have rope lines to keep reporters at a distance.
Wisconsin Governor and potential Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker speaks to supporters during GOP lunch event on March 20, 2015 in Charleston, South Carolina.
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CHARLESTON, S.C.—It's an anecdote Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker almost always ends his speeches with lately.
The story starts with him talking about his family's hardscrabble upbringing and how they didn't have enough money to take him as a child to places like New York, Washington or Philadelphia. That was a bummer, Walker says, because he was a history junkie who longed to connect with the "super heroes" who built the Republic on the East Coast.