Second Republican quits White House race

Walker, reading a statement in the Wisconsin capital of Madison, decried the negative tone of the Republican campaign in remarks seemingly directed at New York billionaire Donald Trump.

Scott Walker confirmed Monday that he was dropping out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination and urged the remaining candidates to offer a positive conservative alternative to real estate magnate Donald Trump, who is leading in the polls. It was just about everything.

“I got to know him a little bit, as we say, on the trail”, Trump said.

“It’s really, really easy to make major missteps and be bitten in the butt by them”, Mair said.

The governor of Wisconsin entered the primary in July as a front-runner – a darling of both the conservative base and powerful donors after winning his battles against public unions in his left-leaning home state.

Walker celebrated by becoming the first candidate to lease office space in Iowa, though he was still months away from officially announcing his candidacy.

An uneven debate performance Wednesday did nothing to soothe the nerves of nervous donors, and there were rumors a campaign shake-up was near.

Critics have also accused Walker of being unable to clearly state his position on several issues, including a decision on birthright citizenship and showing interest in building a wall between the USA and Canada.

Yesterday afternoon, Jeb Bush addressed crowds in Iowa to draw parallels from his own background to the two guys who have bailed out of the race – Scott Walker and Rick Perry.

He was widely panned for arguing that his experience fighting unions in Wisconsin had prepared him for defeating the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. Other campaigns are already working hard to pick up Walker’s funding sources-and, in some cases, his staff as well. State Rep. Terry Baxter, who had endorsed Walker, threw his support to Bush at an event in Mason City hours after Walker’s somber announcement. Rand Paul also took to Twitter, writing, “I wish @ScottWalker all the best in his future endeavors”. University of Minnesota political scientist Eric Ostermeier noted at the time that “Despite candidates frequently being given at least one full minute to speak, Walker gave responses of less than 40 seconds six times and never exceeded 48 seconds for any of his remarks”.

Instead, Walker failed to gain a national profile and was polling at less than 1% in a survey released on Sunday. While polls at this early stage of the race are often fickle, the message to Walker was unmistakable, according to one campaign aide, who insisted on anonymity in order to discuss the team’s internal thinking.