Walker makes it 15

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker became the second candidate after Rick Perry to drop out of the Presidential Race on Monday. The one time frontrunner shocked his staffers and supporters by dropping so early in the race. Although some analysts say that after the second disastrous debate performance, low polling numbers and fundraising, it was only a matter of time.

So what went wrong?

Well, Scott Walker was an early frontrunner in the race, and was championed to be the only true conservative this time around. Last year he travelled the country and gave speeches, especially in Iowa, where he was well received. Walker was leading Iowa with a considerable lead in this busy race, even well into the summer, and was nationally polling in the top 2 or 3 consistently.

Then came Donald Trump. Trump sunk everyone's poll numbers, but Walker took an especially big hit. It became the summer, and then the year of outsiders in Politics. There was a very big anti-government, anti-Washington sentiment, and Walker couldn't separate himself from it. He is a lifelong elected Government person, and he just couldn't portray himself as an outsider. He tried, but it just made him look like a flip flopper on the issue.

He also gave very different answers to the same questions sometimes in the matter of days, and voters just weren't sure where he stands on some of their concerns. He also made some mistakes such as proposing a wall with Canada, and didn't handle the anchor baby question well either. Slowly, it began to show on the poll numbers as well.

But what destroyed him was the first debate. He gave a lacklustre performance, and everyone was disappointed in him. He was barely visible, despite physically being next to Bush and Trump. He spoke little, and even then couldn't really make his points stick and did not have any memorable moments. 

His poll numbers dropped significantly and was around 5% on the national scale. In Iowa though, where he though he had to win, he dropped to 9th or 10th place from being a clear frontrunner. A major disappointment for him. Donors saw this too, and he started to have fundraising problems and had to let some of his staff go. 

He just couldn't turn the tide. Everything was going against him. He had to perform well at the second debate. But he didn't. It was pretty much the same performance, nothing improved. It was a tragedy in many ways.

Then the first poll that came out after the debate showed him with around 0.5% on the national scale. 

It was time to go for Walker. 2 down, 15 more to go.

Those polls also showed that Trump was down to 24%, his lowest number in more than a month. Carly Fiorina is now second with 15%, followed with Ben Carson's 14%. The outsiders are still riding high. 4th place is Marco Rubio with 11%. That is his best performance yet, and it is much deserved. Luckily Rubio is back in the race! Jeb Bush came at 5th with 9%. This is also his best show in weeks, and we couldn't be happier for him! Go Jeb!

Walker is out. We thank him for running a great, and largely positive campaign. His presence was needed. But who will go next? 

Yes, this sounds just like a Reality show. But it is so much better!

This is an original material of Finchley 1959.