Scott Walker has had a pretty good run as of late. He’s made some new friends and wrong-footed the right enemies and became, in fairly short order, a leader among the pack of Republican politicians running for president. Perhaps even the leader. 

Not bad for a mid-Western governor, whom none would call “charismatic.”  And only four years after he faced a recall election in which he was a high value target in the cross hairs of organized labor.  He won that election and then ran for reelection in the normal order of things two years later.  He was, in effect, elected governor of Wisconsin – nobody’s idea of a red state – three times in four years.