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This R&D provides resources on Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s decision to end his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. Walker’s poll numbers were falling rapidly over the last month and reports circulated that his campaign had run out of funds. Once leading polls in Iowa and deemed as one of the party’s stronger candidates, Walker struggled on foreign policy questions and was seemingly overshadowed by rogue candidate Donald Trump. Walker is the second Republican candidate to drop out of the race.
WaPo: $700k debt, prospect of much more, drove Scott Walker to withdrawal decision. http://t.co/SwxwGLvwts
— Byron York (@ByronYork) September 23, 2015
What Scott Walker’s exit tells us about the state of the 2016 presidential race. http://t.co/XGcetyPjC3 pic.twitter.com/cekqLtvqKF
— The Upshot (@UpshotNYT) September 23, 2015
.@ScottWalker laments “ankle-biting and the name-calling” in GOP nomination race http://t.co/pRlCk5h47A | Getty pic.twitter.com/lrXjvwzoup
— POLITICO (@politico) September 23, 2015
Much of the Scott Walker’s fundraising apparatus is moving to Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign. http://t.co/COGcilg77G via @WSJpolitics
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) September 23, 2015
When every candidate is backed by a SuperPAC, money is canceled out and the people’s will reasserts itself. http://t.co/1mzZGA2yN1
— Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) September 23, 2015
In which Walker’s campaign manager complains, on record, that candidate himself wasn’t ready for prime time: http://t.co/Hbzr7aUCX3
— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) September 23, 2015
Scott Walker’s dismal finish is a fitting result, old foes say http://t.co/oV3S6GMy7p pic.twitter.com/jOXVLS28HN
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 23, 2015
No one beat Scott Walker—not Trump, not Bush, not Carson, not Fiorina. He talked himself out of the running. http://t.co/Osnb0rLPbp
— The Nation (@thenation) September 23, 2015
Scott Walker becomes second Republican to drop out of presidential race: http://t.co/lsThiZ0HmJ pic.twitter.com/pKvlqXwj14
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) September 22, 2015
Plutocrats still reign: Why Scott Walker’s withdrawal is no defeat for super PACs & the Kochs http://t.co/9drnhr0E1b
— Salon.com (@Salon) September 23, 2015