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Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin is refocusing his Republican presidential campaign on Iowa and South Carolina, where his early popularity in opinion polls has crumbled with the ascent of Donald J. Trump, and he has taken the unusual step of canceling major speeches in Michigan and California this coming week to spend time in those two crucial states.
Mr. Walker, who has fallen in one key Iowa poll from first place in July to 10th place this month, no longer plans to appear next weekend at a prestigious Republican conference on Mackinac Island in Michigan or at the California Republican Party convention. Instead, his advisers said, he plans to campaign in Iowa — where he is holding events this weekend as well — and in South Carolina.
Mr. Walker is aiming to visit all 99 counties in Iowa before the caucuses as a way to build support among Republicans there, in the spirit of successful campaigns like Charles E. Grassley’s Senate runs and Rick Santorum’s presidential bid in 2012.
Ooh, the 7th-place guy in the GOP isn't worried? I also have a bridge to sell you!
Yo, Scott, some guy named Rick on line two.
Mr. Walker is aiming to visit all 99 counties in Iowa before the caucuses as a way to build support among Republicans there, in the spirit of successful campaigns like Charles E. Grassley’s Senate runs and Rick Santorum’s presidential bid in 2012.
Wha?
Couldn't his benefactors like, buy him Iowa?