WASH POST INVESTIGATES: SCOTT WALKER COLLEGE YEARS

I agree the dems have largely been given a pass on things the Republicans are held to the fire on like a witch trial at times. There is a reason though ..and frankly? I don't mind it being harder on republicans, or conservatives like me in general, as I personally expect going into the profession I am. (Journalism isn't the most conservative industry there is..heh)

Conservative values are partially defined by basic morality, and the ability to define ANY form of it (there are getting to be a lot of folks suggesting that whole concept is silly and outdated). That makes it more than notable when someone is openly immoral. It adds hypocrisy. People seem to have a special kinda hate for hypocrites.

Conservatives who can't stand up to the stronger scrutiny in at least having nothing to hide or feel ashamed of after a direct question, need to become Democrats.

Charles1952,

You know one of the things about Obama? Most of his life is public. He certainly played coy games about it in 2008 and stoked the whole thing in 2009, but the FOIA dumps and documents came out in 2010. They simply came out without much fanfare or fuss to make a thing over. He loves playing games with his past, and he's good at it. He's made a career with image manipulation. That may be the one thing he IS actually good at, in his own right.

If he attended anything as a foreign student, it wouldn't be tied to anything deeper. It would just be felony fraud of the financial aid system as it existed back then. No more or less than a criminal doing it today ..but then, why would so many have backed this guy from the time they didn't have to and he was no one that special? I don't think he's got something that bad in his background. Not documented, recorded felony crime. He just played games releasing something I'm not sure many others have released in that level of a personal college file. (vs. academics). Its added to the 'mystique' B.S. I believe he views it as...and fuel for fringe partisan warfare.

I'd love to know his grades..but he figures we don't have to know. Well..I don't think I HAVE to know, actually. He's spent 6 years confirming what he's hiding, within his rights, in that area. C student...in all the worst areas to be that, I'd guess.

The media doesn't chase it because there is nothing to chase....but oddly, Obama STILL plays games and jokes about something his OWN people released everything to clarify years ago. He just loves exploiting conflict. The mark of a successful community organizer, actually. Great quality for that job. Horrible leadership material...

Now of course digging against Scott Walker is just looking for dirt. Still, good. This clears the air in the obvious places before he goes where it matters and scores really add up quick. The man MIGHT have a shot if he's scrutinized early and nothing of note pops. The other side has no one who can begin to stand at the same level, and Walker seems the man to make a public point of that fact when it may hurt most. He'll have to have been checked inside and out before using it against them outright.

In a way, this is setting themselves up for a clobbering if he manages to make it through primaries without a blemish to note (other than being a strong willed jerk to one side of the issues).

I thought about posting this one but decided against it. The article really has nothing to say bad about Walker...other than he has been successful since his first run for a political office. Haha! Since when is being successful bad ju-ju?