National Review's Wisconsin Hack Defends Walker's Failed Jobs and Economic Record.

One of the most over rated columnists and conservative voices in the state, Christian Scnheider, has got the connections and format to spread what is basically word of mouth BS. On the right, it doesn’t take much to get a major platform. My mind went numb listening to him recently on WPR’s morning show. He’s got nothing, and here’s more of it.

Excuses, excuses, excuses!!!

According to Schneider, heck, most conservative whiners, Scott Walker’s failure to create jobs is much too complex an issue for you and me to understand. How hard is it to understand that in Gov. Doyle’s last year, Wisconsin ranked 11 in job creation, and Walker’s latest ranking put us at 44^th.  Is that so confusing?

National Review: When Scott Walker ran for Wisconsin governor in 2010, he vowed to create 250,000 jobs during his first term. The political cognoscenti rolled their eyes … These numbers have caught the attention of the folks at websites such as The National Memo, and they’re gleefully celebrating the slow jobs growth under Walker’s reign. Those looking to criticize Walker are happy to pretend job creation is something entirely under the governor’s control, as if Walker sits around his office muttering “now where did I put that ‘create jobs’ button again?” But obviously, a state’s economy is much more complex than that.

Yeah, now it’s complex, too hard for the hard working rabble to understand. After two and a half years, the guy is in big trouble, so here comes the conservative echo chamber with ready-made excuses. The National Review to the rescue.

Despite his attempts to trim business taxes while also closing a $3.6 billion deficit in 2011, business taxes in Wisconsin remain high … So if anything, it seems Wisconsin’s slow growth is attributable to its suffocating taxes and regulations, not because Walker has been handing out tax breaks to big-business cronies. It’s unclear whether Wisconsin will gain enough jobs in the next two years for the voters to give Walker a pass, since it seems almost impossible that he’ll meet his goal. 

I've got a few more reasons Christian: Walker’s tax breaks, Act 10 attack on public workers, tort reform, backroom lost WEDC loans, and mining giveaways apparently haven’t been enough to convince businesses that they won’t be stabbed in the back later on if negotiations soar. Talk to the people at Talgo, they've got quite a story.