Chris Cillizza (Washington Post, The Fix): "Scott Walker’s remarkable Iowa collapse, in 1 chart"

[Attorney in Texas]

"Are you a fan of Scott Walker? If so, you might want to avert your eyes from this chart":

Since February, Walker has gone from the front-runner in the state's first-in-the-nation caucuses to an also-ran. In a new Quinnipiac poll out of Iowa released Friday morning, Walker took a meager 3 percent of the vote -- which puts him in 10th place. TENTH!

[NBachers]

1. Little Scotty Walker's campaign crashes

[Attorney in Texas]

3. NTSB has unloaded the black box and determined the cause of the crash: PILOT ERROR

[gratuitous]

2. Koch Brothers arguing with the clerk at the returns window

"Sorry, fellas, no refunds on perishables this long after their pull date. I can smell from here that it's gone over. Since you're such good customers here at Politicians R Us, we'll securely recycle this one for you. No charge."

[pansypoo53219]

4. schadenfreuede city. he thought he was so gonna WIN! BWAH ha ha ha ha ha. + when bill maher makes of

fun of his mal aligned face. tee her. so much for being ronnie ray gun in WI.

[Attorney in Texas]

5. He's despicable and, until now, harder to squish than a cockroach. Glad to see him fail.

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. he looks kinda stupid,like Perry does. not fair that looking stupid loses votes

But there you are

[Attorney in Texas]

8. Counterargument: Have you ever seen Trump?

Checkmate.

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. Perry and Walker look stupider than Trump

[Attorney in Texas]

11. Perry without the smart glasses, yes, but with the glasses, Perry looks WAY smarter than Trump

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. he can go back to ruining his state

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. cannot keep up with the sky-high expectations set before he even entered the race

Scott Walker’s standing in Iowa has disintegrated, and he can’t blame Donald Trump.

The Wisconsin governor once-heralded by political insiders as the front-runner for the GOP nomination is struggling with perceptions that he is inconsistent at best and a full-out flip-flopper at worst. According to Iowa Republicans, the reality of Walker the candidate just cannot keep up with the sky-high expectations set before he even entered the race.


“Walker’s issue is, his campaign and the people friendly to him in the conservative media… built up a level of expectation for him that was simply impossible to meet,” said influential conservative Iowa radio host Steve Deace, who is backing Ted Cruz but was until August also seriously considering Walker. “Now when people see him, they don’t see him as the everyman they can relate to. They see disappointment. ‘This is the fighter from Wisconsin? Where’s the fighter? Where’s the energy?’ And I don’t know how he can combat that, I really don’t.”’



Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/scott-walker-iowa-poll-drop-2016-213562#ixzz3leLxNrpJ