This is a good take on Walker's character liability that is exposed by his lack of a college degree.
Walker has that perverse combination of some intelligence and a total lack of curiosity that was so troubling in George W. Bush. Education, it has been said, is primarily about learning what you don't know. Walker couldn't be bothered with stuff that didn't fit his pre-ordained world view. So he basically wrote off college until there was an opening on the Right Wing Gravy Train.
That's not stupid, but it's not the sort of wide-ranging curiosity and engagement with big questions that a President of the United States should have. Even Reagan - who is referenced towards the end - had an engagement with Big Questions.
Walker will be a placeholder for the 0.1%. Our transition to a rentier state would be complete. And he's still my ultimate favorite to win the GOP nomination.
(Be back later to discuss the Iran deal.)
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