Walker can’t hide from the Abortion Issue, Achilles Heel in his Reelection. Nation now Watching!!!

Just the fact that Scott Walker sign the ultrasound bill and other restrictions in private, after July 4th, and has never brought the subject up himself should tell you how worried he is over the independent vote.

But get this; the nation was watching this droopy eye'd shyster hiding in the shadows, putting his signature on a list of governors who are at war with women.

As I was writing this story, the coverage continued to continue. Lawrence O'Donnell talked with Nicole Safar, of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin. She has the latest legal look at the judges decision to hold up the law and a little known part of the legislation that allows grandparents to sue the doctor, even if a couple decides to go ahead with the procedure. An odd move for a party that hates the whole idea of costly litigation:



Here's the Cap Times article by Jack Craver, who also noticed Scott Walker's not so secret bill signing:

Gov. Scott Walker didn't win two statewide elections and become a likely presidential contender through modesty. But on the bill he recently signed that significantly reduces the availability of abortions in the state — a huge political victory for conservatives — Walker is remarkably silent. He offered no statement on the bill specifically. Instead, his office announced that he had signed 18 different bills … Furthermore, the curt explanation of the bill given in the statement … described as a simple medical precaution for women.

 In this decidedly purple state, social issues haven't been as popular as they have been in typically Republican states…

It's not as if the ultrasound bill isn't a big deal. But Walker's silence on abortion suggests that, like many other Republicans, Walker sees the issue as a potential liability in courting independent voters, in both his reelection bid in 2014 and a potential presidential run in 2016. (A recent post in Salon.com contends that Walker can "kiss his hopes 2016 hopes goodbye" by signing it.) Indeed, while both Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, touted their pro-life credentials … neither of them put out any public statement about the ultrasound bill after passing it last month.

 The press is on to con man’s game. MSNBC's Chris Hayes and Ezra Klein helped spread the word about the "quiet signing:"