How bad are things going for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's re-election campaign? So bad that he's already pointing fingers at fellow Republicans for not giving him the money he says he needs to win re-election:
Asked if he was satisfied with the support he’s received from national Republicans, Walker indicated he hopes to get more backup from the Republican Governors Association. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who chairs the RGA, is coming to campaign for Walker this week — but the Wisconsin Republican said he’s “not looking for surrogates.”
“[Christie] is coming because he asked if he could come and we weren’t going to say no,” Walker said. “But we’re not looking for surrogates. The people that have been campaigning with me are by and large from Wisconsin.”
It’s TV spending, Walker emphasized, where national Republicans can make the biggest difference. So far, he said, the out-of-state effort on his behalf “pales in comparison” to what his coalition of foes have spent on the other side.
The thing that's striking about Walker's comments is that even though he's whining about not getting enough national support, he is actually getting a ton of it. For example, Christie's Republican Governors Association is not only planning to spend about 50 percent more on Walker's behalf in 2014 than it did in 2010, but it's also
just added $1.1 million to its ad buy for the final week, bringing its total spend to $2 million in the last week alone.
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Perhaps Walker is merely trying to panic his supporters into action, but it also feels like he's laying the groundwork for some finger-pointing if he loses re-election. And
with your help, we can make sure he's got plenty of time to do exactly that.