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Scott Walker stresses his discount attire and ‘regular guy’ credentials

Calling voters “folks” and boasting about his cut-rate suits from Jos. A. Bank, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker campaigned vigorously in New Hampshire over the weekend, citing his polarizing labor policies and urging Republican primary voters to resist pleas for moderation in a party that has lost the last two presidential elections.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is not enjoying much of a home court advantage of late.

A new Marquette Law School poll finds that Walker’s approval rating in Wisconsin has fallen to 41 percent, with 56 percent surveyed saying they disapproved of how he is handling his job. The 41 percent figure is the lowest recorded since the Marquette poll began surveying registered voters three years ago. In October of 2014, the poll found that 49 percent of voters in Wisconsin approved of the way Walker was handling his duties as governor, while 47 percent disapproved.

A former top aide to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has formed a super political action committee to raise unlimited amounts of money to promote his likely 2016 presidential bid, documents filed with the Federal Election Commission show.

Keith Gilkes, a longtime adviser who ran the Republican’s 2010 campaign and served as a chief of staff, is listed on the documents as the group’s treasurer.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has been on the rise this year in Republican presidential primary polls. But his standing at home dropped over the first few months of 2015, according to the latest poll from Marquette University Law School.

The poll shows 56 percent of registered voters in the state disapproved of Walker’s job performance as governor, while 41 percent approved. The last time Marquette tested Walker’s numbers, just before his reelection in October, 49 percent of registered Wisconsin voters approved of him and 47 percent disapproved, a significant difference.

The Young and the Restless of 2016

Once upon a time, presidential candidates were expected to have more than passing experience in government, as well as the maturity and wisdom that sometimes come with age. But that has changed, apparently.

A pack of 2016 Republicans made their pitch for president Friday before the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Nashville, blasting the Obama administration for what they described as an erosion of freedom while punctuating their remarks with sharp enthusiasm for Second Amendment rights.

Scott Walker says he can follow Reagan’s lead on foreign policy

White House hopeful Scott Walker said he won’t stray from his much-questioned approach of avoiding sharp, substantive talk on foreign affairs during his tours of Western Europe next week and Israel next month.