Letters: Walker has what it takes to be president

The biggest winner of the first Republican presidential debate was Fox News and the Fox News anchors: 24 million viewers and the anchors using 32 minutes versus only 69 minutes divided among the 10 candidates.

I was impressed by Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to deal with immigration through a system that gives priority to American families and wages, by his plan to improve worker skills and by his proposal to deal with Vladimir Putin by arming Ukraine, adding forces on the border of Eastern Poland and the Baltics and installing a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama canceled.

But what impressed me most was his demonstrated leadership.

When he interrupted arguing candidates to remind them to focus on Hillary Clinton and the fact that everything she has touched is now messed up, the debate tone changed. Gov. Walker is a team builder who can unite Republicans and bring Democrats and independents to support his conservative reforms like he did in Wisconsin.

He did not lash out at opponents, just like he did not respond in kind when 100,000 protestors took over the Wisconsin Capitol building. When that happened, he stayed focused. He took on the union bosses and won, and he won a recall fight in a blue state.

Voters should examine a candidate’s core values and accomplishments, program for economic growth and commitment to our military and national security.

This story was originally published August 19, 2015 at 7:49 PM.