I am
on a Bruce Rauner fast, during which I have foresworn insulting our new
governor. So I will instead refer you to Guardian columnist Jeb Lund’s
recent appreciation of Mr. Rauner’s role model, “When
you’re as bad at campaigns as Scott Walker, you should just give up.”
Referring to the Wisconsinan’s faltering Presidential campaign, Lund writes
Still, Walker soldiers on, trying to get political
mileage out of being a Harley Davidson owner, a problematic and confused form
of symbolism at best. It’s not like you have to do or be anyone to
buy a Harley – they sell bikes on the basis of currency, not biker credibility.
Harley Davidson is, however, a union company that has benefited from millions in state subsidies and government assistance during the 2007-8 financial crisis – not quite the
right fit for an anti-union, anti-government assistance poster boy.
This article appears in Sep 3-9, 2015.
