{"id":1977365,"date":"2023-07-19T13:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T17:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scott-walker-offers-desantis-advice-after-campaign-comparisons-go-lean-and-bold\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T13:25:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T17:25:46","slug":"scott-walker-offers-desantis-advice-after-campaign-comparisons-go-lean-and-bold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scott-walker-offers-desantis-advice-after-campaign-comparisons-go-lean-and-bold\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Walker advises DeSantis: Be lean and bold in your campaign."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fscott-walker-offers-desantis-advice-after-campaign-comparisons-go-lean-and-bold%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1977365&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former \u2063Wisconsin Gov. Scott \u2062Walker&#8217;s Advice for \u200dGov.\u200d Ron DeSantis<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2020-was-the-brian-stelter-of-years\/\" title=\"2020 Was the Brian Stelter of Years\">big things<\/a> they \u2064need\u200b to\u2064 focus\u200b on: going\u200d lean\u2062 and\u200d going bold,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>he \u2062said on America&#8217;s Newsroom.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By lean, \u2062I\u2062 mean, \u200ceven though he\u200d had a great second quarter \u2063in terms of\u200b fundraising, \u200cactually even outpaced \u2062the Trump \u200bcampaign, the \u2063fact is\u2063 they&#8217;re burning up a\u200d fair \u2064amount of \u200bthat \u2064money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>LAROSE \u200dLEADS REPUBLICANS IN RACE\u200d TO \u2063CHALLENGE OHIO SEN. SHERROD BROWN, POLL \u200cSAYS<\/p>\n<p>Walker was considered a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scott-walker-offers-desantis-advice-after-campaign-comparisons-go-lean-and-bold\/\" title=\"Scott Walker advises DeSantis: Be lean and bold in your campaign.\">front-runner early<\/a> in the 2016\u200c Republican contest but\u200d began\u2064 to falter\u2062 quickly by the start of \u200bthe\u2063 fall\u200b of 2015. Before \u200cending his \u2062campaign that\u2062 September, \u2062reports \u2062had begun to swirl \u200dof drama\u2063 among his \u200cstaff \u2063and growing \u200bimpatience from disappointed \u200ddonors.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis&#8217;s somewhat stagnant position \u200bin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-great-politically-for-republicans-to-talk-arizona-election-audit\/\" title=\"Trump: 'Great Politically' for Republicans to Talk Arizona Election Audit\">national polls<\/a>, coupled \u200dwith \u2064reports of staffing shake-ups and \u200ddonor worries, \u2063drew\u2062 comparisons\u200d of his operation to the failed 2016 campaign.<\/p>\n<h3>Shifting \u2064Focus to \u2063Small-Dollar \u200cDonors<\/h3>\n<p>According to\u2063 Scott, the Florida governor needs to shift\u200b focus to\u2064 small-dollar\u2064 donors \u200bbecause the high-end contributors\u200b will \u2062begin \u2064to \u200bhit their \u2064maximums.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know this firsthand \u200d\u2014 having a\u2064 great track \u200drecord as governor \u2062is\u200d not\u2062 enough, particularly when \u200byou go \u2062head-to-head with\u200c someone like Donald Trump,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Walker \u200dsaid\u200c giving\u200d good \u2062performances at\u2062 voter events isn&#8217;t\u2062 enough and\u200c that \u2062he needs to &#8220;light\u200b a fire \u200bwith primary and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-north-dakota-governor-expected-to-announce-2024-run\/\" title=\"Republican North Dakota Governor Expected to Announce 2024 Run\">caucus voters<\/a> \u200cwith \u2064some really bold \u200cideas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis\u2062 is polling\u2062 at \u206320% among likely Republican primary voters, per \u2063Morning Consult. He is behind \u200bonly former \u2062President\u2064 Donald \u2062Trump, with\u2063 55%.<\/p>\n<p>Last\u200d week, the\u2062 Florida\u2063 governor \u200cdismissed concerns\u2062 over stagnation in\u2064 national polls. &#8220;I think \u2063that\u200b they&#8217;ve tried \u200dto create a narrative\u200b that\u2064 somehow the race is over,&#8221; he\u200b said on Fox \u2062Business.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is \u2063going\u200d to\u2063 be\u200c a state-by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sarah-huckabee-sanders-projected-to-follow-in-fathers-footsteps-as-governor-of-arkansas\/\" title=\"Sarah Huckabee Sanders Projected To Follow In Father\u2019s Footsteps As Governor Of Arkansas\">-state contest<\/a>,&#8221; he\u200d explained. &#8220;We&#8217;ve\u2062 worked really hard to\u2062 build the type \u200dof organization in places like Iowa, New Hampshire,\u200c and \u200cSouth Carolina that you need to\u200c actually be able \u2064to \u200cwin these early [nominating] contests. \u2064And we&#8217;re gonna \u200ccontinue\u200b doing \u200bthat. We got\u2064 a lot \u200bof \u2064work, but\u2062 we&#8217;ve had \u200ba very, very favorable \u200dresponse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CLICK \u2064HERE TO READ \u200dMORE\u200d FROM\u2064 THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/p>\n<p>New polling in the early\u200c primary state \u200dof New \u2064Hampshire \u200bshowed \u2064a 5-point backslide from Trump, while \u2064DeSantis held\u200d steady. \u200bIn \u200cthe \u2064new\u2063 poll, DeSantis \u2064is just 14 points from Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In Iowa, a \u200bpro-DeSantis \u200dPAC is hoping to capitalize on a \u2062series of missteps by\u2062 Trump. \u200cThe PAC \u200dreleased a new \u2063ad\u2062 this week highlighting \u200cTrump&#8217;s \u200cattack on \u200bwidely favored \u200dGov. Kim Reynolds \u2064(R-IA). Some GOP strategists \u200chave predicted\u200c this move \u2064will haunt Trump \u200bin the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker advised Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) to prioritize being lean and bold, drawing from his own failed 2016 Republican primary campaign. Walker emphasized the importance of fiscal responsibility and taking courageous actions during an interview on America&#8217;s Newsroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1977366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1977365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1977365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1977366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1977365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1977365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1977365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}